Dinesh D'Souza (born April 25, 1961) is an American author. He wrote 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. He is also the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He previously served as senior domestic policy analyst in the White House from 1987 to 1988 and as a member of the editorial staff of Policy Review magazine.

He challenges liberal beliefs and projects such as affirmative action, and social welfare programs. D'Souza's 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 have 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 re-integrate 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, 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 openly admitted that he believes his race has worked out 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 very frank language that many believe would be perceived as racist if it were spoken by a Caucasian.

He is also a keen observer of 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.

His staunch advocacy of preserving individual rights in the face of collectivism and groupism have led some of his conservative critics to argue that his political philosophy is more based along libertarian principles.

D'Souza, a graduate of Dartmouth College, is the founder of the Dartmouth Review.

Contents

1 Writings 1.1 Books 1.2 Articles 2 External links

Writings

Books

Books authored by Dinesh D’Souza include:

• 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

• Official D'Souza web site http://www.dineshdsouza.com/ .
• Dinesh D'Souza profile, NNDB http://www.nndb.com/people/810/000049663/ .