The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America

In this controversial essay collection, award-winning writer Shelby Stelle 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.

Author: Shelby Steele
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 09/23/1998
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780060974152
Award: National Book Critics Circle Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/23/1991

About the Author
Steele, Shelby: -

Shelby Steele is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and Stanford University, and is a contributing editor at Harper'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.