Randall Kennedy quotes

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. (Randall Kennedy)

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.

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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.

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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.

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

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In elite, primarily white institutions, there are many blacks who have white wives. So much so that sometimes there is almost the assumption that I would be married to a white woman.

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The biggest accomplishment, in racial terms, for Barack Obama was being elected. He had to overcome his blackness to be elected. He climbed the Mt. Everest of American politics, becoming an historic first.

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Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty to other blacks.

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Occupation: American Educator
Born: September 10, 1954
Quotes count: 8