The series title ‘Studies in Prejudice’ euphemized anti-Semitism for assimilationist caution

Evidence

The fact that Studies in Prejudice' was chosen as the series title rather than Studies in Anti-Semitism’ stemmed from the caution of a Jewish organization intent on assimilation, and not from the notion that, after the industrialized and bureaucratized murder of millions of Jews and other minorities, the apparently harmless-sounding term prejudice' was so laden with horror that it could be used without any risk of euphemism. It was a euphemism, and it was being used for reasons of caution and in the hope that democrats would be more likely to respond to a call to fight prejudice and social discrimination in general than they would be to a call to fight anti-Semitism. — <cite>Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1751</cite> (#corroborates`, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The series title was softened to ‘Prejudice’ for assimilationist caution, not due to taboo — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1751

Related

• The series title was softened to ‘Prejudice’ for assimilationist caution, not due to taboo (similarity 0.97)
• The Frankfurt School avoided studying anti-Semitism partly to protect its Jewish members. (similarity 0.80)
• Editors had stripped the study’s socio-political analysis down to psychology alone (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The series title was softened to ‘Prejudice’ for assimilationist caution, not due to taboo #corroborates (1.00) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1751