Randall Kennedy on Racism, Critical Race Theory, and the Need for (Chastened) Optimism
The Good Fight
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Minority Scholars Have More Credence Because of Their Racial Identity
minority scholars have more of a claim to attention than other people. Because they're minorities, for goodness sakes. They have more insight into american racial problems. And so they should be given, actually, more credence because of their racial identity. Now, no, i'm very much against that. If you go along with that, that means that racial identity now becomes an intellectual credential. It means that we can appropriately put boundary lines in the realm of culture. I don't think that where you're from or these identities constrict our ability to know things. As far as i'm concerned. You write about a subject, and then i want to read what you have written.
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