In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.' — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
Although skin color is undoubtedly the most salient signal of racial identity in America, other actual or imagined bodily features have also been seen… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
What people should do is explain to their friends, to their neighbors how they feel when they confront the word n - - and… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
Go back and take a look at what some black writers were saying in the 1820s, the 1830s. They make mention of how some… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
In elite, primarily white institutions, there are many blacks who have white wives. So much so that sometimes there is almost the assumption that… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
Language of the Gun shows why Bernard Harcourt has earned a reputation as one of our most provocative and informative analysts of the administration… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
If you are socially isolated, you are more vulnerable to stereotypes and myths; you won't have the opportunity to have conversations with someone who… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
We know that we're not supposed to be racially biased, and we don't want to think of ourselves as racially biased, so we tell… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
I think that many black people thought this would be a wonderful and extraordinary thing, for a black family to occupy the White House.… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
Love is just such a crucial, wonderful thing, and if you are lucky enough to find somebody who genuinely loves you, grab that person… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
Many people believe that determining who is 'black' is rather easy, a task simplified by the administration of the one-drop rule. Under the one-drop… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
There are some people who make a big distinction between n - a, which they say is OK, and n - - . Now,… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity. — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
The biggest accomplishment, in racial terms, for Barack Obama was being elected. He had to overcome his blackness to be elected. He climbed the… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
The perception of linked fate and that feeling of being always on the spot as a representative of the race, at least in mixed… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
