English Dictionary

benign neglect

noun

(set phrase, often politics or public policy) A policy or strategy of deliberately taking no action concerning an issue, challenging situation, or other problem in the belief that this course will ultimately result in the best outcome possible.

Benign neglect is a policy of non-interference or lack of attention towards a particular issue or problem.

意味（1）

(set phrase, often politics or public policy) A policy or strategy of deliberately taking no action concerning an issue, challenging situation, or other problem in the belief that this course will ultimately result in the best outcome possible.

So tranquil, so quiescent seems Black America in the Nixon Era that a presidential partisan could well argue that benign neglect has worked.