White guilt : how blacks and whites together destroyed the promise of the civil rights era
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Published
New York : Harper Perennial, 2007.
Edition
First Harper Perennial edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 181, 16 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 21 cm.
Status
West Custer County Library District - NONFICTION
305.896 STEELE
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Politics and government.
Nonfiction.
Race relations.
Racism -- Psychological aspects.
Racism -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Racism -- United States.
Racism.
United States -- Race relations -- Psychological aspects.
United States -- Race relations.
African Americans -- Politics and government.
Nonfiction.
Race relations.
Racism -- Psychological aspects.
Racism -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Racism -- United States.
Racism.
United States -- Race relations -- Psychological aspects.
United States -- Race relations.
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Published
New York : Harper Perennial, 2007.
Format
Book
Edition
First Harper Perennial edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
This edition includes 16 pages about the author and the book which were not included in the original.
Description
"In 1955 the murderers of Emmett Till, a black Mississippi youth, were acquitted of their crime, undoubtedly because they were white. Forty years later, O.J. Simpson, who many thought would be charged with murder by virtue of the DNA evidence against him, went free after his attorney portrayed him as a victim of racism. Clearly, a sea change had taken place in American culture, but how had it happened? In this work, distinguished race relations scholar Shelby Steele argues that the age of white supremacy has given way to an age of white guilt - and neither has been good for African Americans." "Through his analysis and recollections of the last half century of American race relations, Steele calls for a new culture of personal responsibility, a commitment to principles that can fill the moral void created by white guilt. White leaders must stop using minorities as a means to establish their moral authority - and black leaders must stop indulging them. As White Guilt concludes, the alternative is a dangerous ethical relativism that extends beyond race relations into all parts of American life."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Steele, S. (2007). White guilt: how blacks and whites together destroyed the promise of the civil rights era (First Harper Perennial edition.). Harper Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Steele, Shelby. 2007. White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era. Harper Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Steele, Shelby. White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era Harper Perennial, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Steele, Shelby. White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era First Harper Perennial edition., Harper Perennial, 2007.
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