Randall Kennedy

Although skin color is undoubtedly the most salient signal of racial identity in America, other actual or imagined bodily features have also…

— Randall Kennedy

What people should do is explain to their friends, to their neighbors how they feel when they confront the word n -…

— Randall Kennedy

Go back and take a look at what some black writers were saying in the 1820s, the 1830s. They make mention of…

— Randall Kennedy

In elite, primarily white institutions, there are many blacks who have white wives. So much so that sometimes there is almost the…

— Randall Kennedy

Language of the Gun shows why Bernard Harcourt has earned a reputation as one of our most provocative and informative analysts of…

— Randall Kennedy

If you are socially isolated, you are more vulnerable to stereotypes and myths; you won't have the opportunity to have conversations with…

— Randall Kennedy

We know that we're not supposed to be racially biased, and we don't want to think of ourselves as racially biased, so…

— Randall Kennedy

I think that many black people thought this would be a wonderful and extraordinary thing, for a black family to occupy the…

— Randall Kennedy

Love is just such a crucial, wonderful thing, and if you are lucky enough to find somebody who genuinely loves you, grab…

— Randall Kennedy

Many people believe that determining who is 'black' is rather easy, a task simplified by the administration of the one-drop rule. Under…

— Randall Kennedy

There are some people who make a big distinction between n - a, which they say is OK, and n - -…

— Randall Kennedy

Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.

— Randall Kennedy

The biggest accomplishment, in racial terms, for Barack Obama was being elected. He had to overcome his blackness to be elected. He…

— Randall Kennedy

The perception of linked fate and that feeling of being always on the spot as a representative of the race, at least…

— Randall Kennedy

If you want to put somebody down, analogize them to the n - - .

— Randall Kennedy

Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty to other…

— Randall Kennedy

All white people in the United States have benefited from a white supremacy. But does that mean that a white person should…

— Randall Kennedy

As soon as you say that there is a community called, let's say, black Americans, you've immediately created a boundary line -…

— Randall Kennedy

In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'

— Randall Kennedy

I champion sensibly designed racial affirmative action, not because I have benefited from it personally - though I have. I support it…

— Randall Kennedy

I will say go into the world and try to find good people that feel genuine affection and love for you, and…

— Randall Kennedy

I was born in Columbia in 1954, the year the Supreme Court invalidated racial segregation in public schools. I visited frequently but…

— Randall Kennedy

As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of…

— Randall Kennedy

In 1619, when there are reports about the first blacks brought to British North America, they are referred to as N-I-G-G-U-H-S. Well,…

— Randall Kennedy

The idea of the mulatto has been a gathering point for a wide variety of racial prejudices, fears, myths, and speculations.

— Randall Kennedy