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The Content of Our Character

Shelby Steele

Shelby Steele examines how racial guilt and victim identity shape American life after civil rights, while asking how individuals can pursue opportunity amid continuing discrimination.

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11 parts, about 22 minutes to read.

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Shelby Steele
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11 parts
Reading time
about 22 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. Introduction: Speaking Beyond the Racial Script1 min
  2. I'm Black, You're White, Who's Innocent?3 min
  3. Race Holding2 min
  4. Being Black and Feeling Blue2 min
  5. The Recomposed Self3 min
  6. White Guilt2 min
  7. On Being Black and Middle Class2 min
  8. Affirmative Action: The Price of Preference2 min
  9. The Recoloring of Campus Life2 min
  10. The Memory of Enemies2 min
  11. Epilogue1 min

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