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Quotes from The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race In America — Shelby Steele

born 1946 United States

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In the end, black power can claim no higher moral standing than white power. [...] No power can long insist on itself without evoking an opposing power.

The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race In America (1991)

[T]hough fear always seeks a thousand justifications, none is ever good enough, and the problems we run from only remain to haunt us.

The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race In America (1991)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Shelby Steele (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.