What Did Shelby Steele Do to You?

john mc porter: I grew up being taught what i now refer to as the usual gospel, some of which is true. But there seemed to be an extent to which systemic raceism wasn't the only explanation for a lot of black problems. There was something going on with what people thought being black meant that interfered with success. And because i had a much blacker upbringing than i think a loto people would understandably think, i just thought i must be wrong somehow. So my first question is, what did shelby steele do to you? What were your default assumptions before you read him? That's an interesting question, and especially from you, given the sequence that you're