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Dinesh D'Souza
Dinesh D'Souza (born April 25, 1961 in Bombay, India) is an American conservative author.
D'Souza is the author of numerous New York Times bestseller list books, including Illiberal Education, The End of Racism, Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader, and The Virtue of Prosperity: Finding Values in an Age of Techno-Affluence.
On October 15, 1990, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
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Career
D'Souza is the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He served previously as senior domestic policy analyst in the White House from 1987 to 1988 and, previously, as a member of the editorial staff of Policy Review magazine.
D'Souza challenges liberal (left-wing) beliefs and projects such as affirmative action, and social welfare programs. His first and second books, Illiberal Education and The End of Racism, came under critical attack from many liberals. His denial of the existence of institutionalized racism in modern American society has made him an enemy of many civil rights groups and leaders, including Jesse Jackson.
D'Souza has often stated that he believes idealizing the rebellion against slavery is a source of disability among African Americans wanting to reintegrate into the new "non-racist" society. He believes that slaves, to preserve a sense of dignity, in the circumstances of cruel slavery, would by nature tend to be defiant. This defiance, exemplified in the archetype of the "bad nigger", would become the central hero for African slaves, restoring a degree of pride and dignity to all. But, he continues, the price of this would be the habitually engrained attitude of defiance, that was ultimately self-destructive. These self-destructive habits still have a legacy today, D'Souza contends, and serve to explain, in a large part, the degree to which slave descendants suffer from social and self-esteem issues, inheritors of an ideal that heralded a bad attitude.
As an Indian immigrant, D'Souza has admitted that he believes his race has worked to his political advantage. As a critic of the role of racism in American society, he frequently denounces the actions of his fellow minorities, often with frank language that many believe would be perceived as racist if it were spoken by a white.
D'Souza also is a commentator on various social issues, and often denounces the notions that Social Darwinism, imperialism, and laissez-faire-conservative ideologies have been complicit in creating many of the world's problems.
Personal
A graduate of Dartmouth College, D'Souza was the founder of the Dartmouth Review.
D'Souza is married to Dixie D'Souza, with whom he has a daughter. Prior to his marriage, he reportedly dated conservative author Ann Coulter and conservative radio host Laura Ingraham, to whom he was engaged but never married[1].
Writings
Books
Books authored by Dinesh D’Souza include:
- 1986: The Catholic Classics
- 1991: Illiberal Education
- 1995: The End of Racism
- 1997: Ronald Reagan: How An Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader
- 2000: The Virtue of Prosperity
- 2002: What's So Great About America
- 2002: Letters to a Young Conservative
Articles
Articles written by Dinesh D’Souza include:
- Ten Great Thing About America
- How Ronald Reagan Won The Cold War
- Technology And Moral Progress
- The Self Esteem Hoax
- Two Cheers For Colonialism
- Reagan Versus The Intellectuals
External links
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