Awards🏆Winner (1990) - National Book Critics Circle Award - (General Nonfiction)Contributor(s):Author: Shelby SteeleIn 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 Americas most enduring and wrenching social dilemma. Review citationsPublishers Weekly - 08/23/1991