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Say It Loud!

On Race, Law, History, and Culture

by Randall Kennedy ...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A collection of provocative essays exploring the key social justice issues of our time—from George Floyd to antiracism to inequality and the Supreme Court. Kennedy is "among the most incisive American commentators on race" (The New York Times).Informed by sharpness of observation and often courting controversy, deep fellow feeling, decency, and wit, Say ... Read more

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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A collection of provocative essays exploring the key social justice issues of our time—from George Floyd to antiracism to inequality and the Supreme Court. Kennedy is "among the most incisive American commentators on race" (The New York Times).Informed by sharpness of observation and often courting controversy, deep fellow feeling, decency, and wit, Say
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Nigger

The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word - with a New Introduction by the Author

by Randall Kennedy ...

The twentieth anniversary edition of one of the most controversial books ever published on race and language is now more relevant than ever in this season of racial reckoning.In addition to a brave and bracing inquiry into the origins, uses, and impact of the infamous word, this edition features an extensive new introduction that addresses major developments in its evolution during the last two ... Read more

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The twentieth anniversary edition of one of the most controversial books ever published on race and language is now more relevant than ever in this season of racial reckoning.In addition to a brave and bracing inquiry into the origins, uses, and impact of the infamous word, this edition features an extensive new introduction that addresses major developments in its evolution during the last two
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For Discrimination

Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law

by Randall Kennedy ...

**The definitive reckoning with Affirmative Action, one of America’s most explosively contentious and divisive issues—from “one of our most important and perceptive writers on race and the law.”—The Washington Post“A clear-eyed take on America’s battle over affirmative action and diversity.... [Kennedy] goes straight at the issue with fearlessness and a certain cheekiness.” —Los Angeles Times** ... Read more

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**The definitive reckoning with Affirmative Action, one of America’s most explosively contentious and divisive issues—from “one of our most important and perceptive writers on race and the law.”—The Washington Post“A clear-eyed take on America’s battle over affirmative action and diversity.... [Kennedy] goes straight at the issue with fearlessness and a certain cheekiness.” —Los Angeles Times**
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The Persistence of the Color Line

Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency

by Randall Kennedy ...

A “provocative and richly insightful new book” (The New York Times Book Review) that gives us a shrewd and penetrating analysis of the complex relationship between the first black president and his African-American constituency.Renowned for his insightful, common-sense critiques of racial politics, Randall Kennedy now tackles such hot-button issues as the nature of racial opposition to Obama; ... Read more

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A “provocative and richly insightful new book” (The New York Times Book Review) that gives us a shrewd and penetrating analysis of the complex relationship between the first black president and his African-American constituency.Renowned for his insightful, common-sense critiques of racial politics, Randall Kennedy now tackles such hot-button issues as the nature of racial opposition to Obama;
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Race, Crime, and the Law

by Randall Kennedy ...

**An "admirable, courageous, and meticulously fair and honest book” (New York Times Book Review) in which “one of our most important and perceptive writers on race" (The Washington Post) takes on a highly complex issue in a way that no one has before."This book should be a standard for all law students."—Boston Globe**In this groundbreaking, powerfully reasoned, lucid work that is certain to ... Read more

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**An "admirable, courageous, and meticulously fair and honest book” (New York Times Book Review) in which “one of our most important and perceptive writers on race" (The Washington Post) takes on a highly complex issue in a way that no one has before."This book should be a standard for all law students."—Boston Globe**In this groundbreaking, powerfully reasoned, lucid work that is certain to
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Sellout

The Politics of Racial Betrayal

by Randall Kennedy ...

**An incisive and unflinching study from the national bestselling author of Say it Loud! that tackles a stigma of America's racial discourse: selling out.“Brisk and enjoyable, no small feat given the density of its ideas.”—Los Angeles Times**Randall Kennedy explains the origins of the concept of selling out, and shows how fear of this label has haunted prominent members of the black community ... Read more

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**An incisive and unflinching study from the national bestselling author of Say it Loud! that tackles a stigma of America's racial discourse: selling out.“Brisk and enjoyable, no small feat given the density of its ideas.”—Los Angeles Times**Randall Kennedy explains the origins of the concept of selling out, and shows how fear of this label has haunted prominent members of the black community
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Contracts, third edition

Happiness and Heartbreak

by Randall Kennedy ...

A casebook to be used as the primary text for first-year law school contracts courses, written by a leading scholar in contract law.Renting a home, buying a ticket, downloading an app—humans enter into contracts constantly, often with little consciousness of the legal implications. We typically become alert to the consequences only when a problem arises. Contracting can increase our happiness by ... Read more

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A casebook to be used as the primary text for first-year law school contracts courses, written by a leading scholar in contract law.Renting a home, buying a ticket, downloading an app—humans enter into contracts constantly, often with little consciousness of the legal implications. We typically become alert to the consequences only when a problem arises. Contracting can increase our happiness by
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Interracial Intimacies

Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption

by Randall Kennedy ...

With the same piercing intelligence as the bestselling Say it Loud!, Interracial Intimacies hits a nerve at the center of American society: race relations and our most intimate ties to each other.“The best book written on the subject, an exhaustive source of deep, rich scholarship and surefooted brilliant analysis.”—Seattle TimesAnalyzing the tremendous changes in the history of America’s racial ... Read more

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With the same piercing intelligence as the bestselling Say it Loud!, Interracial Intimacies hits a nerve at the center of American society: race relations and our most intimate ties to each other.“The best book written on the subject, an exhaustive source of deep, rich scholarship and surefooted brilliant analysis.”—Seattle TimesAnalyzing the tremendous changes in the history of America’s racial
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Nigger

The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word - with a New Introduction by the Author

by Randall Kennedy ...

Narrated by Langston Darby ...

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Nigger: it is arguably the most consequential social insult in American history, though, at the same time, a word that reminds us of “the ironies and dilemmas, tragedies and glories of the American experience.” In this tour de force, distinguished Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy—author of the highly acclaimed Race, Crime, and the Law— “put[s] a tracer on nigger,” to identify how it ... Read more

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Nigger: it is arguably the most consequential social insult in American history, though, at the same time, a word that reminds us of “the ironies and dilemmas, tragedies and glories of the American experience.” In this tour de force, distinguished Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy—author of the highly acclaimed Race, Crime, and the Law— “put[s] a tracer on nigger,” to identify how it
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Blacks at Harvard

A Documentary History of African-American Experience At Harvard and Radcliffe

Edited by Werner Sollors, Caldwell Titcomb, Thomas A. Underwood, Randall Kennedy ...

The history of blacks at Harvard mirrors, for better or for worse, the history of blacks in the United States. Harvard, too, has been indelibly scarred by slavery, exclusion, segregation, and other forms of racist oppression. At the same time, the nation's oldest university has also, at various times, stimulated, supported, or allowed itself to be influenced by the various reform movements that ... Read more

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The history of blacks at Harvard mirrors, for better or for worse, the history of blacks in the United States. Harvard, too, has been indelibly scarred by slavery, exclusion, segregation, and other forms of racist oppression. At the same time, the nation's oldest university has also, at various times, stimulated, supported, or allowed itself to be influenced by the various reform movements that
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Say It Loud!

On Race, Law, History, and Culture

by Randall Kennedy ...

Narrated by Ryan Vincent Anderson ...

Unabridged

19 hours 32 min

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A collection of provocative essays exploring the key social justice issues of our time—from George Floyd to antiracism to inequality and the Supreme Court. Kennedy is "among the most incisive American commentators on race" (The New York Times).Informed by sharpness of observation and often courting controversy, deep fellow feeling, decency, and wit, Say ... Read more

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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A collection of provocative essays exploring the key social justice issues of our time—from George Floyd to antiracism to inequality and the Supreme Court. Kennedy is "among the most incisive American commentators on race" (The New York Times).Informed by sharpness of observation and often courting controversy, deep fellow feeling, decency, and wit, Say
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Interracial Intimacies

Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption

by Randall Kennedy ...

Narrated by Adam Lazarre-White ...

Unabridged

21 hours 5 min

With the same piercing intelligence as the bestselling Say it Loud!, Interracial Intimacies hits a nerve at the center of American society: race relations and our most intimate ties to each other.“The best book written on the subject, an exhaustive source of deep, rich scholarship and surefooted brilliant analysis.”—Seattle TimesAnalyzing the tremendous changes in the history of America’s racial ... Read more

$27.50 USD

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With the same piercing intelligence as the bestselling Say it Loud!, Interracial Intimacies hits a nerve at the center of American society: race relations and our most intimate ties to each other.“The best book written on the subject, an exhaustive source of deep, rich scholarship and surefooted brilliant analysis.”—Seattle TimesAnalyzing the tremendous changes in the history of America’s racial
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