To put Carter's work into a political and cultural context, it is a good idea to have a good working knowledge of affirmative action. The homepage of the American Association for Affirmative Action contains many research leads.
Did you know that Carter is also a novelist? This press release about his upcoming fiction will give you a bit more information.
Here is a review of The Culture of Disbelief. How do the reviewers's views of the work stack up with your impressions, after reading an excerpt of the book?
Read this citation for Carter's Grawemeyer Award, which he received in 1994 for The Culture of Disbelief. Now that you have more information about the book from several sources, would you like to read the whole thing? Why or why not?