November 18 and 19 on cspan2. Shelby steele, your most recent book called shame how americas past sins have polarized our country, where did that come from . I wrestled with the title for a long time on this book. There are many different themes in this book. I could not find that sort of single thing. With my wifes health, i fondly came around to the word shame. It seemed to bring together all of the things i was trying to work with. And was the central theme you were going for . The idea was that america arguably, the greatest country in all of history, also commit one of the greatest ends, perpetrated that sin over centuries. Dehumanized and entire race of people. Relentlessly. Youre in and year out for a very long time. So it is a profound evil amidst stunning greatness. And so now, i think that is what finally delivered us from what we were doing wrong. But on the other hand, it is a shame that we will now have to deal with. And so it is, maybe we are still close to the 60s when w
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What is that central theme you were going for . The idea is that america, arguably the best country in history, perpetrated one of the greatest sins, dehumanizing a group of people relentlessly. The profound evil amidst stunning greatness. So, now, that greatness, i think of course, is what finally delivered us from what we were doing wrong. But it is a shame we will now have to deal with. Maybe we are still too close to the 60s when we first acknowledged the shame to understand it is important. I think it is one of the most important vents in history. The book looks at different aspects of the irony. Host the shame belongs to the 1960 liberal movement and that is what caused our current political polarization. Guest yes, thank you. Host is that a Fair Assessment . Guest that is a very Fair Assessment. In the 1960s, it was said we are the politics that will redeem america and bring back americas legitmacy as a democracy. That is our mission. And liberalism has dominated american politi
What is that central theme you were going for . The idea is that america, arguably the best country in history, perpetrated one of the greatest sins, dehumanizing a group of people relentlessly. The profound evil amidst stunning greatness. So, now, that greatness, i think of course, is what finally delivered us from what we were doing wrong. But it is a shame we will now have to deal with. Maybe we are still too close to the 60s when we first acknowledged the shame to understand it is important. I think it is one of the most important vents in history. The book looks at different aspects of the irony. Host the shame belongs to the 1960 liberal movement and that is what caused our current political polarization. Guest yes, thank you. Host is that a Fair Assessment . Guest that is a very Fair Assessment. In the 1960s, it was said we are the politics that will redeem america and bring back americas legitmacy as a democracy. That is our mission. And liberalism has dominated american politi
That more than economics. If you ruffled the feathers is someone powerful, that gets you the running and to complain to the publisher of the stories about those things happening. We were fortunate through the 70s and almost all our careers to work for people who are strong and upright in that area and just let the chips fall where they may, where the work way you. Coming up, booktv presents after words, an hourlong program where we invite guest host of interview authors. This economical journalist, john jenkins and his book, the partisan the life of William Rehnquist. And i. , the publisher of cq press details the early career and a 33 year Supreme Court tenure at the former chief justice. He talks the Supreme Court reporter and a biographer for Justice Oconnor and scalia, Joan Biskupic you. Welcome, john jenkins. Were here to talk about your new book, the partisan the life of William Rehnquist. Im going to start with one general question, just to give our viewers a sense of who the ch