benign neglect, The Definition from AddPower.info

Refers to doing nothing about a problem, in the hope that it will not be serious or will be solved by others. ...
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/b.html

ignoring or refusing to address a problem, but without bad intentions
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Benign neglect was a policy proposed in the late 1960s by New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. His "benign neglect" policy was designed to ease tensions following the American Civil Rights Movement of the late 1960s. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benign neglect

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