In this controversial essay collection, award-winning writer Shelby
Stelle illuminates the origins of the current conflict in race
relations--the increase in anger, mistrust, and even violence between
black and whites. With candor and persuasive argument, he shows us how
both black and white Americans have become trapped into seeing color
before character, and how social policies designed to lessen racial
inequities have instead increased them. "The Content of Our Character"
is neither "liberal" nor "conservative, " but an honest, courageous look
at America's most enduring and wrenching social dilemma.