What Shelby Steele has said about White guilt

Shelby Steele argues that his college president capitulated out of collective guilt, showing white guilt and black power are the same.

“This is why white guilt is quite literally the same thing as black power”

The Megyn Kelly Show: How the Media Shapes the Cornell Lie, with Matt Taibbi, and the Harms of "White Guilt," with Eli and Shelby Steele | Ep. 1414 (Oct 8, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:35

Shelby Steele argues that race-based remedies validate race as an inborn essence that sets people against each other.

“The problem with it is that it validates race as an essentialism. It's something you're born with”

The Megyn Kelly Show: How the Media Shapes the Cornell Lie, with Matt Taibbi, and the Harms of "White Guilt," with Eli and Shelby Steele | Ep. 1414 (Oct 8, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:49

Shelby Steele says Jesse Jackson was a brilliant man who chose to pursue power through the idea of moral authority.

“But instead, he was groveling for power. the corrupt ideas, driven by the corrupt idea of moral authority”

The Megyn Kelly Show: How the Media Shapes the Cornell Lie, with Matt Taibbi, and the Harms of "White Guilt," with Eli and Shelby Steele | Ep. 1414 (Oct 8, 2026) · Listen from 1:15:58

Shelby Steele says he is very hopeful about the future of race relations in America.

“Oh, I feel very hopeful. I believe most people want to be positive in life and find meaning and so forth”

The Megyn Kelly Show: How the Media Shapes the Cornell Lie, with Matt Taibbi, and the Harms of "White Guilt," with Eli and Shelby Steele | Ep. 1414 (Oct 8, 2026) · Listen from 1:41:55