A Roundtable Sponsored by the Progressive Policy Institute
The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

A PPI Symposium held September 26, 1990 at The George Washington University. The discussion centered on Professor Shelby Steele's notion that a new "politics of difference" has developed in which racial minorities, members of ethnic groups, and women compete for political power by emphasizing their differences from -- and victimization by -- mainstream society.

PARTICIPANTS:

JOE KLEIN, New York Magazine

SHELBY STEELE, Associate Professor of English, San Jose (California) State University. Author, The Content of Our Character

RONALD WALTERS, Chairman, Department of Political Science, Howard University. Author, Black Presidential Politics in America

CYNTHIA McCLAIN-HILL, Attorney, Davis & Hill Los Angeles, California. Publisher, Focus 2000

INTRODUCTIONS BY:

AMITAI ETZIONI, University Professor, The George Washington University.

WILL MARSHALL, President, Progressive Policy Institute