"The idea of the mulatto has been a……" — Randall Kennedy
"The idea of the mulatto has been a gathering point for a wide variety of racial prejudices, fears, myths, and speculations."
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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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Although skin color is undoubtedly the most salient signal of racial identity in America, other actual or imagined bodily features…
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