Having read this article in the Guardian-how were race relations in the Soviet Union? This appears to paint a very positive picture.
http://www.theguardian.com/artandde...ed-on-us-discrimination-in-pictures?CMP=fb_gu
I would say that when the police are arresting people based on their nationality, the state-controlled press is delving into anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, and the leader is saying things like "We should give those workers clubs so they can beat those damn Jews" then the racism is offically institutionalized, whether or not it's explicitly put into law.I think the articles point is not that the USSR was free of racism, but rather that it wasn't officially institutionalised, as was the case in, say, the US or the European colonies.
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I think the articles point is not that the USSR was free of racism, but rather that it wasn't officially institutionalised, as was the case in, say, the US or the European colonies.