Shame

If you already believe in Right-wing Conservative ideology, you may like this book, but it is actually not that good a defense of those principles. Steele relies almost exclusively on his own personal experiences (which are actually the good part of the book) and platitudes, with no data of any sort......more

Don’t be misled by this small book’s subtitle, or even the title for that matter. Neither reflects Shelby Steele’s thesis that post 1960s Liberalism is built on a house of lies that has relegated many blacks and other minorities to positions “of inferiors and dependents.” (179) Shame reveals among o......more

Shelby Steele's book, Shame: How America's Past Sins Have Polarized Our Country is a stunning portrayal of America and the shift from Thomas Jefferson's version of liberalism, which included free speech, equality, and freedom to the version of liberalism that emerged in the '60s. Steele summarizes:......more

quick read and even so a little numbing in that he says the same things repeatedly. He's right that in some circles (e.g., a lot of universities) it's become countercultural to express conservative views, and his portrait of a cult of diversity that can actually be patronizing to members of minority......more

A profound look at how the Sixties Counter-culture in America evolved into the race- and sex-obsessed, Anti-American Cultural Climate we experience today. Steele traces how guilt and shame have spiritually crippled the United States politically and socially and, especially, how these powerful feelin......more