"Although skin color is undoubtedly the most salient……" — Randall Kennedy
"Although skin color is undoubtedly the most salient signal of racial identity in America, other actual or imagined bodily features have also been seen as distinctive markers of Negritude. These include the shapes of heads, feet, lips, and noses as well as the texture of hair."
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Randall Kennedy
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14 Quotes by Randall Kennedy
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I was born in Columbia in 1954, the year the Supreme Court invalidated racial segregation in public schools. I visited…
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The perception of linked fate and that feeling of being always on the spot as a representative of the race,…
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I champion sensibly designed racial affirmative action, not because I have benefited from it personally - though I have. I…
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The biggest accomplishment, in racial terms, for Barack Obama was being elected. He had to overcome his blackness to be…
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I think that many black people thought this would be a wonderful and extraordinary thing, for a black family to…
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Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty…
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Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.
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In elite, primarily white institutions, there are many blacks who have white wives. So much so that sometimes there is…
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Love is just such a crucial, wonderful thing, and if you are lucky enough to find somebody who genuinely loves…
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I will say go into the world and try to find good people that feel genuine affection and love for…
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The idea of the mulatto has been a gathering point for a wide variety of racial prejudices, fears, myths, and…
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