Description: "Churn offers a way forward for anyone seeking to foster trust and build community during a time of seemingly insurmountable group divides." --Jennifer Richeson, Yale University
Brief description: Claude M. Steele is an American social psychologist and the Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, Emeritus, at Stanford University. The author of Whistling Vivaldi, he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He lives in California.
Review Quotes: With characteristic brilliance and deep humanity, Claude M. Steele once again transforms our understanding of the complexities of ethnic identities and their interactions in American life. . . . Churn is essential reading for anyone committed to fulfilling our country's unfinished project: building a truly multiracial democracy.--Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard University