The Content of Our Character (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Shelby Steele
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Essays
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays, Current affairs
- Subjects: African Americans, Civil rights, Social action, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Power, personal or social, Racism, Race, Psychology or psychologists, Interracial relationships, Middle classes, American Dream, California, West, U.S., Ethnic relations, Victims, Oppression, Acculturation, Conservatism, Criticism, Economics, Nationalism, Self-confidence
Form and Content
More than anything else, this collection of essays reflects the background and experiences of its author. The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America offers the very personal recollections of an African American university professor living and working in a predominantly white neighborhood in the predominantly white Silicon Valley of Northern California. Professor Shelby Steele, who is middle class, middle-aged, and married to a white woman, has—by his own admission—led an unusually integrated life. This provides him with a...
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