{"product_id":"a-dream-deferred-the-second-betrayal-of-black-freedom-in-america-9780060931049","title":"A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Steele has given eloquent voice to painful truths that are almost always left unspoken in the nation's circumscribed public discourse on race.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of the award-winning bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Content of Our Character and White Guilt \u003c\/em\u003ecomes an essay collection that tells the untold story behind the polarized racial politics in America today.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eA Dream Deferred \u003c\/em\u003eShelby Steele argues that a second betrayal of black freedom in the United States--the first one being segregation--emerged from the civil rights era when the country was overtaken by a powerful impulse to redeem itself from racial shame. According to Steele, 1960s liberalism had as its first and all-consuming goal the expiation of American guilt rather than the careful development of true equality between the races. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn four densely argued essays, Steele takes on the familiar questions of affirmative action, multiculturalism, diversity, Afro-centrism, group preferences, victimization--and what he deems to be the atavistic powers of race, ethnicity, and gender, the original causes of oppression. \u003cem\u003eA Dream Deferred \u003c\/em\u003eis an honest, courageous look at the perplexing dilemma of race and democracy in the United States--and what we might do to resolve it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shelby Steele\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.34w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060931049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e45200 \/ Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteele, Shelby:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShelby Steele is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and Stanford University, and is a contributing editor at \u003cem\u003eHarper\u003c\/em\u003e's magazine. His many prizes and honors include the National Book Critics Circle Award, an Emmy Award, a Writers Guild Award, and the National Humanities Medal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40776887894131,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_73af0d39-1c56-4d77-9bc1-f1d01baa7fdc.jpg?v=1680270600","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/a-dream-deferred-the-second-betrayal-of-black-freedom-in-america-9780060931049","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}