#379 – Randall Kennedy: The N-Word – History of Race, Law, Politics, and Power

Randall Kennedy is a law professor at Harvard and author of many
seminal books on race, law, history, culture, and politics. Please
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https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/randall-l-kennedy N*****: The
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:11)
- The N-word (41:55) - The three N-words (1:08:28) - Education
(1:21:31) - Critical race theory (1:32:05) - Racism and policing
(1:39:25) - Racial profiling (2:08:57) - Racism in US history
(2:26:55) - Affirmative action (3:10:22) - Martin Luther King Jr.