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• My rule is, whatever is the most urgent is what I do next.

  Shelby Steele

  Next, Urgent

  "Shelby Steele: The Why Obama Can’t Win Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. February 27, 2008.

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• I know that whatever power Shelby Steele has always comes out of the writing. I'm not the greatest television pundit or the best public speaker, so it's my writing that's most important.

  Shelby Steele

  Writing, Important, Television

  Black Star News Interview, www.blackstarnews.com. February 29, 2008.

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• Sometimes, Barack Obama is Martin Luther King, sometimes, he a black militant from the Sixties, then he's a Baptist minister. He can be so different. There's not yet an Obama voice.

  Shelby Steele

  Kings, Voice, Black

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• We have laws on the books. If somebody's discriminating against you, I strongly advocate suing them. That's the most effective thing you can do in terms of fighting racism. People understand that they're vulnerable to lawsuit.

  Shelby Steele

  Book, Fighting, Law

  "Shelby Steele: The Why Obama Can’t Win Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. February 27, 2008.

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• I wrote a piece in the New York Times back in the Nineties saying that racial discrimination ought to be a criminal offense, not just a civil one. I'm all for the criminalization of discrimination.

  Shelby Steele

  New York, Criminals, Pieces

  "Shelby Steele: The Why Obama Can’t Win Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. February 27, 2008.

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• My individuality is my gift to my people.

  Shelby Steele

  People, Individuality

  "Shelby Steele: The Why Obama Can’t Win Interview". Interview with with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. February 27, 2008.

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• If you're getting harassed, it's not helpful to know that racism has generally declined in America, when you're still experiencing it. That is a reality that we're still vulnerable to.

  Shelby Steele

  Reality, America, Racism

  Black Star News Interview, www.blackstarnews.com. February 29, 2008.

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• What the Clintons have always done is embraced challenging. They can't have enough photo opportunities with Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. They communicate to blacks that they agree with their challenging identity. So, in a sense, Hillary is blacker than Barack Obama. Their alignment with this black identity makes them 'black' in a metaphorical sense, I guess.

  Shelby Steele

  Opportunity, Challenges, Black

  "Shelby Steele: The Why Obama Can’t Win Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. February 27, 2008.

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