The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America
In this essay collection, Shelby Steele illuminates the origins of the current conflict in race relations—the increase in anger, mistrust, and even violence between black and whites. With candor and persuasive argument, he shows us how both black and white Americans have become trapped into seeing color before character, and how social policies designed to lessen racial inequities have instead increased them. The Content of Our Character is neither "liberal" nor "conservative," but an honest, courageous look at America's most enduring and wrenching social dilemma.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Year
- 1991
- ISBN-13
- 9780060974152
- Genre
- Politics & Current Affairs
- Topics
- Race relationsRacial identityAffirmative action
Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1990)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestShortlisted(1991)
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