Biography of shelby steele
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In all of his work, social critic Shelby Steele applies the universal teachings of philosophers such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Thomas Jefferson to illuminate the plight of blacks in present-day amerika. "The mistake everybody makes when they look at race fryst vatten to look at race," he explains. "You will never get anywhere that way. inom try to bring universal insight on the human condition to bear on what fryst vatten, in a historical sense, a local situation."
"My work has been a little controversial," Steele says from his monterey home, about two hours down the California coast from Stanford University, where he has been a research fellow at the Hoover Institution since "Not to me, of course--to others."
His first book, The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America, argued that self-doubt and fear of racism in the black community hindered advancement as much as racism itself. It earned him a National Book Critics' Circle Award, and a wave of disapproval from some black leaders. Man
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Shelby Steele
American academic
Shelby Steele (born January 1, )[1] is an American author, columnist, documentary film maker, and a Robert J. and Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He specializes in the study of race relations, multiculturalism, and affirmative action.
In , he received the National Book Critics Circle Award in the general nonfiction category for his book The Content of Our Character.[2] In , Steele was awarded the National Medal of the Humanities.[3][4]
Early life and education
[edit]Steele was born in Phoenix, Illinois, a Cook County village off Chicago's South Side, to a black father and a white mother. His father, Shelby Sr., a truck driver with a third-grade education, and his mother, Ruth, a social worker, were founding members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Steele attended an all-black elementary school.[5] His paternal grandfather was born a sla
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Steele, Shelby –
PERSONAL:
Born January 1, , in Chicago, IL; son of Shelby, Sr. (a truck driver and activist) and Ruth (a social worker and activist) Steele; married; wife's name Rita; children: two. Ethnicity: "African American." Edu-cation: Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, B.A., ; Southern Illinois University, M.A., ; University of Utah, Ph.D.,
ADDRESSES:
Office—Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
CAREER:
Educator and writer. Taught high school in East St. Louis, IL; San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, professor of English, beginning c. ; Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, began as research fellow, Robert J. and Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow, —. Narrator of Frontline episode for PBS entitled Seven Days in Bensonhurst; frequent guest on television programs, including Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, Nightline, and This Morning. Member of national board, Center for the New American Community at the Manhattan Institut