Shelby Steele

Shelby Steele

Considered one of America’s leading expert in the study of race and its effect on politics and society, Shelby Steele is the recipient of numerous accolades including the prestigious Bradley Prize, an Emmy Award and a National Book Critics’ Circle Award. His most recent bestseller is A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can’t Win. He is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.


Considéré comme l’un des experts les plus réputés d’Amérique dans l’étude de la race et de ses conséquences sur la société et le monde de la politique, Shelby Steele est lauréat de nombreux honneurs, dont le prestigieux Prix Bradley, un Emmy Award et un National Book Critics’ Circle Award. Son plus récent bestseller s’intitule A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can’t Win. Il écrit régulièrement pour The Wall Street Journal et The New York Times.

 

Recent Talks

The Race to the White House
2007-2008 Grano Speaker Series (October, 2007)
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The Race to the White House and Beyond
2008-2009 Teatro Speaker Series (September, 2008)
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"It's a way of speaking, a sort of iconography of terms that allows whites to talk about things without crossing that line. So all of a sudden we became African-Americans -- this pompous term – not black people any more, cause black can maybe cross the line."

- September, 2008