Tuesday, May 02, 2006
White Guilt and the Western Past
Shelby Steele, in yet another compelling essay, connects white guilt (which is "a vacuum of moral authority visited on the present by the shames of the past") with the inability of US leaders to do what is truly necessary to solve difficult problems--like war, race relations, education, and immigation--for fear of losing their legitimacy. It is well worth the read.
