#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.
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N*****: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word:
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Say It Loud!: On Race, Law, History, and Culture:
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For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law:
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Race, Crime, and the Law: https://amzn.to/3pVtVyU


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OUTLINE:
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(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.