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Racial Politics in America is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, in our third visit with author and Harvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy, whose latest book is "The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency." Kennedy is also the author of "Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word," and "Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption." We visited by phone from his home in Massachusetts on October 28, 2011, and began our conversation when I asked him to describe the current role of race in American politics.
The book Professor Kennedy recommends is "Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination," by Alondra Nelson.
Interviews with Randall Kennedy about his other books may be heard on our website, www.radiocurious.org
Radio Curious is a half-hour, weekly, long-form interview program, now in it's 21st year. We interview people on a curiously wide variety of topics about life and ideas. Our website is www.radiocurious.org. If your station airs Radio Curious please let us know curious@radiocurious.org, we will add you to our list of syndicate stations. We also welcome questions, feedback and program ideas.
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Racial Politics in America is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, in our third visit with author and Harvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy, whose latest book is "The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency." Kennedy is also the author of "Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word," and "Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption." We visited by phone from his home in Massachusetts on October 28, 2011, and began our conversation when I asked him to describe the current role of race in American politics.
The book Professor Kennedy recommends is "Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination," by Alondra Nelson.
Interviews with Randall Kennedy about his other books may be heard on our website, www.radiocurious.org
Radio Curious is a half-hour, weekly, long-form interview program, now in it's 21st year. We interview people on a curiously wide variety of topics about life and ideas. Our website is www.radiocurious.org. If your station airs Radio Curious please let us know curious@radiocurious.org, we will add you to our list of syndicate stations. We also welcome questions, feedback and program ideas.
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