Product Description: From the New York Times bestselling and controversial author Shelby Steele comes an illuminating examination of the complex racial issues surrounding presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Product Description: From the New York Times bestselling and controversial author Shelby Steele comes an illuminating examination of the complex racial issues surrounding presidential candidate Barack Obama.

A leading black intellectual offers a thoughtful and illuminating analysis of the complex racial issues confronting candidate Barack Obama in his quest for the presidency, assessing the unique--and disparate--challenges that threaten his support in both the white and black communities. By the author of The Content of Our Character. 75,000 first printing.

Product Description: From the New York Times bestselling and controversial author Shelby Steele comes an illuminating examination of the complex racial issues surrounding presidential candidate Barack Obama.

A provocative new study of the past half-century of American race relations by the award-winning author of The Content of Our Character calls for a new culture of personal responsibility, a commitment to moral principles, and the elimination of white guilt and moral relativism. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Essays explore the racial divide in America and offer perspective and suggestions

Essays argue that Blacks are more oppressed by doubt than racism, looks at the origins of racial conflict in America, and assess the failures of social policies designed to lessen racial differences (view table of contents)