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White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era

by Shelby Steele

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A polemical examination of race, responsibility, and the legacy of civil rights

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A polemical examination of race, responsibility, and the legacy of civil rights

Shelby Steele frames the period after the civil rights era through a contrast between historic white supremacy and what he calls an “age of white guilt.” Using the Emmett Till and O. J. Simpson cases as reference points, he argues that racial guilt and the politics surrounding it have had damaging consequences for African Americans. The book combines Steele’s analysis of race relations with personal recollections and advances his case for a culture centered on personal responsibility. Its subject is not a chronological history of the movement, but an argument about the social and political aftermath of its major victories.

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  • Adults interested in debates about U.S. race relations after the civil rights era
  • Readers seeking a viewpoint-driven social commentary on responsibility and racial politics
  • Those interested in Shelby Steele’s analysis and personal reflections

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Race relationsCivil rights legacyWhite guiltPersonal responsibilityRacial politics

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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 supremacy has given way to an age of white guilt--and neither has been good for African Americans.

Through articulate analysis and engrossing recollections, acclaimed race relations scholar Shelby Steele sounds a powerful call for a new culture of personal responsibility.

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