Mary Dudziak seems to argue that some of the Cold War concerns have convinced the American government to be in support of the civil rights reforms now than they might have been before. It seems, that the problem is in regardance to racial inequality. Dudziak portrays this as the central idea going into international thoughts of the United States negatively. The Soviets (of the Soviet Union) have also contributed to the problem, as a whole, by showcasing America's bad record in regards to their international propaganda. Chapters 2-4 of her book, are where I believed Dudziak conveyed her thesis as a whole. It’s played out that the U.S. embassy and other regarding officers, took over with such a negative coverage of American racial injustice,
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The Secretary of State, Dean Acheson wrote in 1947, "[T]he existence of discrimination against minority groups in this country has an adverse effect upon our relations with other countries. We are reminded over and over by some foreign newspapers and spokesmen, that our treatment of various minorities leaves much to be desired.... We will have better international relations when those reasons for suspicion and resentment have been removed" (p. 80). Closely relating, it seemed as if the U.S. Ambassador had used a 1952 speech to hammer and get the message home across. Going further on in the story it said, "A year, or even a week in Asia is enough to convince any perceptive American that the colored peoples of Asia and Africa, who total two-thirds of the world's population, seldom think about the United States without considering the limitations under which our 13 million Negroes are living" (p. 77). Bowles was depicted as a liberal person, who was also extremely concerned about racial injustice. But it was almost as if other State Department officers, had very little to no prior interest in race relations, and found themselves forced to deal with international condemnation as a result of American racial inequality. State department personnel were among the first people in the American government to fully comprehend, and understand such incidents regarding domestic racial injustice. It was as if it were no longer just local stories; it was also a Southern regional problem but had become more of a headline newspread across the globe. Finalizing, Chapter 4 was all about giving a rehash of the Little Rock crisis that took place in 1957. In Dudziak’s retelling of this important civil rights movement, she however, had a foreign response to the actions of Arkansas Governor Faubus
The Secretary of State, Dean Acheson wrote in 1947, "[T]he existence of discrimination against minority groups in this country has an adverse effect upon our relations with other countries. We are reminded over and over by some foreign newspapers and spokesmen, that our treatment of various minorities leaves much to be desired.... We will have better international relations when those reasons for suspicion and resentment have been removed" (p. 80). Closely relating, it seemed as if the U.S. Ambassador had used a 1952 speech to hammer and get the message home across. Going further on in the story it said, "A year, or even a week in Asia is enough to convince any perceptive American that the colored peoples of Asia and Africa, who total two-thirds of the world's population, seldom think about the United States without considering the limitations under which our 13 million Negroes are living" (p. 77). Bowles was depicted as a liberal person, who was also extremely concerned about racial injustice. But it was almost as if other State Department officers, had very little to no prior interest in race relations, and found themselves forced to deal with international condemnation as a result of American racial inequality. State department personnel were among the first people in the American government to fully comprehend, and understand such incidents regarding domestic racial injustice. It was as if it were no longer just local stories; it was also a Southern regional problem but had become more of a headline newspread across the globe. Finalizing, Chapter 4 was all about giving a rehash of the Little Rock crisis that took place in 1957. In Dudziak’s retelling of this important civil rights movement, she however, had a foreign response to the actions of Arkansas Governor Faubus