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Sixty years ago, Shelby Steele was born to a black truck driver and a white social worker in Chicago. His parents were active in the struggle for civil rights, and encouraged him to make the most of his personal opportunities.
After completing a doctorate in English, Steele taught literature at San Jose State University. In 1990, he received the National Book Critic's Circle Award for his book, The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America.
Today, Steele is a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, where he focuses on race I relations, multiculturalism, and affirmative action. His next book, White Guilt: How Blacks ...
Source: HighBeam Research, He's an independent black intellectual who emphasizes freedom,...