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

I had my first "honest dialogue about race with a black man" not too long ago. I was working with his guy and we had plenty of time to talk. I told him that I resent the guilt trip that I feel, that because I am white I have a kind of original sin. And that I am somehow supposed to atone for my priv......more

George Will's blurb refers to it as an "essay", which seems about right. blew it up into stand-alone book by recapping where he was driving when he thought of the key idea, what was on the radio that day (Clinton impeachment news -- one of his key points of evidence is that Clinton survived a "sex s......more

White Guilt by Shelby Steele is an attentive and nuanced look at race relations in the United States, and how our policies since the 60s have only proven to further divide us. This book is a must read - especially for those who have also read such books as White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo and How to......more