Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Randall Kennedy is a law professor at Harvard and author of many seminal books on race, law, history, culture, and politics. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Randall's Website: https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/randall-l-kennedy
N*****: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word: amzn.to/3MbrXSC
Say It Loud!: On Race, Law, History, and Culture: amzn.to/3MfQWUT
For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law: amzn.to/3BASZxZ
Race, Crime, and the Law: amzn.to/3pVtVyU

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
2:13 - The N-word
37:57 - The three N-words
1:04:30 - Education
1:17:32 - Critical race theory
1:28:06 - Racism and policing
1:35:26 - Racial profiling
2:04:59 - Racism in US history
2:22:57 - Affirmative action
3:06:24 - Martin Luther King Jr.

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