Coming April 21, 2026
Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else?
Playing Offense in the Fight for Racial Justice in America
In a time when equal rights are facing an unparalleled assault, what if we’ve been framing the conversation about racial justice all wrong? Instead of focusing on the underrepresentation of people of color, what if we examined the overrepresentation of white men?
“Steve Phillips situates our present crisis exactly where it belongs—within the long, unfinished struggle to make real the promise that all are created equal. . . . He reminds us that backlash is not new, but neither is resistance.”
—Anna Malaika Tubbs, New York Times bestselling author of Erased and The Three Mothers
Wed, Apr 29 / 6:00 PM PDT
Commonwealth Club World Affairs - San Francisco & Live Stream
Steve Phillips: Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else?
Steve Phillips, bestselling author of Brown Is the New White, returns to Commonwealth Club World Affairs to present his provocative new argument for “draining the swamp of white male privilege.”
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About Steve
Steve Phillips is a national political leader, bestselling author, and columnist. He is the author of The New York Times bestseller Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority and the newly released national bestselling book How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good.
