Everything about Shelby Steele totally explained
Shelby Steele (born
1946,
Chicago) is an
American author,
columnist,
documentary film maker, and a research fellow at the
Hoover Institution at
Stanford University, specialising in the study of
race relations,
multiculturalism and
affirmative action.In
1990, he received the
National Book Critics Circle Award in the general non-fiction category for his book
The Content of Our Character.
Biography
Steele was born to a black father and a white mother. His twin brother is
Claude Steele. Shelby Steele received a
B.A. in
political science from
Coe College, an
M.A. in
sociology from
Southern Illinois University, and a
Ph.D. in
English from the
University of Utah.
Political opinions
On race relations
Steele is a self-described
Black conservative. He opposes movements such as
affirmative action, which he considers to be unsuccessful
liberal campaigns to promote equal opportunity for
African-Americans. He contends that blacks have been "twice betrayed": first, by slavery and oppression, and second, by group preferences mandated by the government that cause blacks to lose their self-esteem.
Documentary films
Columns
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Harper's Magazine
Awards
National Book Critics Circle Award (1990) in the general non-fiction category for the book The Content of Our Character.
Emmy and Writers Guild Awards for his 1991 Frontline documentary film Seven Days in Bensonhurst.Further Information
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