Propaganda had to be less aggressive due to where society was at the time. That's how salami tactics work.
Around the same time Ulhura was kissing Kirk, my grandfather was telling my mother he would disown her for dating/marrying a black (definitely not the word he used but the word she used when telling the story). And my grandfather was just a normal guy for his time; a WWII vet who probably would have been in the 90% who would have preferred to lose the War than end segregation.
The 90% sounds dubious. But now they call people far more non-racist than your grandfather "Nazis" and compare themselves to the folks who landed at Normandy for attacking them.
If they actually met WWII veteran, they wouldn't like them much. But most are safely dead, so... up they go as a mascot.
Propaganda had to be less aggressive due to where society was at the time. That's how salami tactics work.
Around the same time Ulhura was kissing Kirk, my grandfather was telling my mother he would disown her for dating/marrying a black (definitely not the word he used but the word she used when telling the story). And my grandfather was just a normal guy for his time; a WWII vet who probably would have been in the 90% who would have preferred to lose the War than end segregation.
The 90% sounds dubious. But now they call people far more non-racist than your grandfather "Nazis" and compare themselves to the folks who landed at Normandy for attacking them.
If they actually met WWII veteran, they wouldn't like them much. But most are safely dead, so... up they go as a mascot.