Through the 1960s, the flagship Conservative magazine National Review took racial differences for granted and fought on the side of white segregation around the world. By contrast, much of the burgeoning neoconservative movement pushed for a racially blind approach.
On pg. 165 of his book on James J. Kilpatrick, William P. Hustwit wrote:
The northern newconservative journalist Irving Kristol
cautioned William F. Buckley to drop any criticism of the 1964 Civil Rights Act “in terms of racial differences.” To do otherwise would be
“political folly” and injure the conservative movement.
