Critical Race Theory Revealed

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critical race theory rejected the idea that we can use universalist principles to make progress towards real justice. The anti discrimination standard, for some people, was allied with color blindness. If you just have an antidiscrimination u ia, strict anti-discrimination standard, orward looking, what about past disabilities? That was one of the arguments.

Randall Kennedy is the Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He has written widely about race and its effect on American society and the law.

In this week’s conversation, Randall Kennedy and Yascha Mounk discuss how racism in American life has changed and the ways in which it hasn’t, why we should move towards a more fluid sense of individual identity, and why he remains optimistic about America.

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