Randall Kennedy Quotes

Randall Kennedy — American Educator born on September 10, 1954,

Randall L. Kennedy is an American Law professor and author at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is the Michael R. Klein Professor of Law and focuses his research on the intersection of racial conflict and legal institutions in American life. He supervises written work and accepts press inquiries regarding the topics of contracts, freedom of expression, race relations law, civil rights legislation, and the Supreme Court... (wikipedia)

I think that many black people thought this would be a wonderful and extraordinary thing, for a black family to occupy the White House. Not only black people; a lot of white people thought that, too, but particularly black people.

I was born in Columbia in 1954, the year the Supreme Court invalidated racial segregation in public schools. I visited frequently but did not live there.

If you are socially isolated, you are more vulnerable to stereotypes and myths; you won't have the opportunity to have conversations with someone who has a different social background than you.

I will say go into the world and try to find good people that feel genuine affection and love for you, and disregard everything else about their background.

The idea of the mulatto has been a gathering point for a wide variety of racial prejudices, fears, myths, and speculations.

Randall Kennedy Quotes

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