Commentary Given the left’s recent push to redefine concepts such as “privilege” and “victimhood, let’s take a moment to examine the lives of two very different Americans.
Consider Shelby Steele, whose paternal grandfather was born a slave. His father was a truck driver with a third-grade education, and his mother was a social worker.
Steele began his life in the era of segregation, but he worked his way through a BA at Coe College, an MA from Southern Illinois University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Utah. He finally became an award-winning author, a university professor, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution….