Racism on the Palace Steps?
After leaving the diplomatic post vacant for over a year, Richard Nixon in 1970 surprisingly appointed African-American Jerome H. Holland as the new US ambassador to Sweden. When Jerome Holland arrived at the Stockholm airport, antiwar protesters allegedly shouted 'nigger go home' at him. A week lat...
| Publicado en: | Scandinavian Journal of History Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 121 - 135 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2009
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=42410998&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 42410998 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 03468755 9DR jtl: Scandinavian Journal of History issn: 03468755 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2009 vid: 34 iid: 2 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 42410998 10.1080/03468750902860443 ppf: 121 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 327KB tig: atl: Racism on the Palace Steps? aug: au: Burton, Edward su: Race relations & the press Holland, Jerome H. African American diplomats Public demonstrations Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Epithets Foreign opinion of the United States Foreign relations of the United States, 1969-1974 Public opinion United States Sweden sug: subj: United States Sweden Race relations & the press Holland, Jerome H. African American diplomats Public demonstrations Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Epithets Foreign opinion of the United States Foreign relations of the United States, 1969-1974 Public opinion keyword: demonstrations diplomacy race-relations racism Vietnam War ab: After leaving the diplomatic post vacant for over a year, Richard Nixon in 1970 surprisingly appointed African-American Jerome H. Holland as the new US ambassador to Sweden. When Jerome Holland arrived at the Stockholm airport, antiwar protesters allegedly shouted 'nigger go home' at him. A week later, as Dr. Holland submitted his credentials to the Swedish king, demonstrators may have again shouted the racist epithet 'nigger'. These incidents were widely reported in the US media and now appear in history books. This article examines what happened in April 1970, and concludes that the evidence showing that antiwar demonstrators said any of these things is weak. It may be that someone simply misunderstood what had been said. Another possibility is that the Nixon White House wanted to smear the Swedish antiwar movement with the stain of racism, trying to undercut the legitimacy of Sweden's criticism of the Vietnam War. This article examines the evidence behind a historical puzzle that still allows various interpretations of meanings and motives. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Scandinavian Journal of History is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Scandinavian Journal of History holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2009 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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