USSR also used the fact of racism in the US (principally racism toward black people) as a talking point on the evils of capitalism. Simultaneously, USSR was en

USSR also used the fact of racism in the US (principally racism toward black people) as a talking point on the evils of capitalism. Simultaneously, USSR was enforcing its own brand of Russian nationalism in the outer republics. But the asymmetry in media freedom between East and West made this non-obvious as it was happening.