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MODERATED BY:

John Ellwood, Professor of Public Policy,
University of California, Berkeley

Find out why Shelby Steele believes affirmative action hurts fellow African Americans. This best-selling author of "The Content of Our Character" and "A Dream Deferred" argues that racial entitlements are a crutch to the African- American community. He says that racial equality will never be achieved unless we eliminate these evil entitlements, and that a conservative approach could be the key for leveling the playing field.

October 10th, 1999