I think the casual racism is evident in the way Harry and Henry both kept referring to how "they" will burn down the city. I think upper middle class New Yorkers of the era would certainly have a lot of ingrained racism, but they'd also distance themselves from the overt racism happening in the south during the Civil Rights era.

I agree. Also, when Pete is calling you out for being an insensitive ass, that should be a signal that you're being pretty awful.

Mayor Lindsay's walk through Harlem.

I know James Brown is widely credited with keeping Boston from having a riot, by putting on a free show that night that was aired on PBS.

OK, I don't have a lot of sympathy for (or even interest in, to a large degree) Don, but that "what if someone shoots Henry" was painful.

I know James Brown is widely credited with keeping Boston from having a riot, by putting on a free show that night that was aired on PBS.

Thanks to archivists, the concert (or at least some of it) is online! [link]

"what if someone shoots Henry" was painful.

It really was. Don's reply, though, my god.

I think that did comfort Bobby though?

I know, that's why it was brilliant! It's exactly the sort of thing Don says to clients to calm them down too, actually.

Oh, god, you're right. Same tone of voice and everything.

Harry Crane's concern over his TV clients was pretty offensive.

Yes, but that wasn't about race. it would have been the same reaction from anything that messed up the TV coverage. If the Kennedy assassination had happened in that time frame, he would have reacted the exact same way.

Being crass isn't being racist. Although Harry used to seem like a better man than that.