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(0)Shelby Steele
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Language
English
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"Not unlike some of Ralph Ellison's or Richard Wright's best work. White Guilt, a serious meditation on vital issues, deserves a wide readership." - Cleveland Plain Dealer
In 1955 the killers of Emmett Till, a black Mississippi youth, were acquitted because they were white. Forty years later, despite the strong DNA evidence against him, accused murderer O. J. Simpson went free after his attorney portrayed him as a victim of racism. The age of white...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The United States today is hopelessly polarized; the political Right and Left have hardened into rigid and deeply antagonistic camps, preventing any sort of progress. Amid the bickering and inertia, the promise of the 1960s-when we came together as a nation to fight for equality and universal justice-remains unfulfilled. As Shelby Steele reveals in Shame, the roots of this impasse can be traced back to that decade of protest, when in the act of uncovering...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling and controversial author Shelby Steele comes an illuminating examination of the complex racial issues that confront presidential candidate Barack Obama in his race for the White House, a quest that will be one of those galvanizing occasions that forces a national dialogue on the current state of race relations in America.Steele argues that Senator Obama is caught between two classic postures that blacks have always...
Publisher
Iyago Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Documentary film examines the role that myths, stereotypes and misrepresentations have played in the decimation of modern era black relationships and how the symbiotic relationship between government, media and black leadership perpetuates misinformation to further marginalize the role of black men in society.