Shelby Steele

Shelby Steele is an American author, columnist, documentary filmmaker, and a Robert J. and Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.

Steele is an expert in the fields of race relations, multiculturalism, and affirmative action in American society.

Some of Steele's notable works include the books "The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America" and "A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America".

Steele's perspective on race in America is often characterized as conservative. He argues that the civil rights movement has been largely successful in eliminating legal and institutional racism, and that the focus should now be on individual responsibility and the avoidance of victimhood.

Yes, Steele has received numerous awards and recognitions for his work, including the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1991 for "The Content of Our Character" and the Bradley Prize in 2006.