White guilt

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

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 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 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

Eli Steele credits his father for never seeking revenge despite suffering segregation, contrasting this with tribalism.

“But I think what makes my father a hero was that he never sought revenge”

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 1:34:31

Eli Steele argues the Judeo-Christian tradition ties innocence to character and allows redemption, unlike race-based innocence.

“In the Judeo-Christian tradition, innocent is tied to your character. If you do something immoral, you have a way out”

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 1:29:50

Eli Steele argues the left judges racial incidents by impact rather than intent or due process.

“They wipe all of that out. It's all about the impact”

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 1:24:23

Eli Steele calls white guilt the great evil and most unseen force of the present era.

“the right guilt is the great evil of our time. And also the most unseen force”

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 1:00:33