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Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
Randall Kennedy
“the book that you're referring to is nigger the strange career of a Troublesome word the word dates back to the 16th 17th century”— Randall Kennedy
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Race, Crime, and the Law
Randall Kennedy
“my first book yeah was a book called race crime in the law and uh 1997 1997. wow as time flies”— Randall Kennedy
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For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law
Randall Kennedy
“you wrote a book on the topic titles for discrimination race affirmative action and the law uh first what is affirmative action”— Lex Fridman
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
“a teacher is teaching for instance um The Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn the word nigger appears in that book over 200 times”— Randall Kennedy
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Nigger: An Autobiography
Dick Gregory
“he wrote several Memoirs but his first Memoir is called nigger a memoir how does one explain that”— Randall Kennedy
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That Nigger's Crazy
Richard Pryor
“how does one explain Richard Pryor I mean Richard Pryor's best album is that nigga's crazy”— Randall Kennedy
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I Am Not Your Negro
Raoul Peck (inferred)
“there was a documentary about James Baldwin a couple of years ago highly lauded documentary the title that was given as documentary was I am not your negro”— Randall Kennedy
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Notes on the State of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
“he was also the author of notes on the state of Virginia and he said in notes on the state of Virginia basically we shall not overcome”— Randall Kennedy
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From Slavery to Freedom
John Hope Franklin
“a great book of History by um John hope Franklin From Slavery to Freedom and you know those are two stories in American Life”— Randall Kennedy
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The War on Cops
Heather Mac Donald
“Heather McDonald who wrote uh a book called war on Cops and uh will often bring up the stuff that does show up in the data”— Lex Fridman
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The Tyranny of Merit
Michael Sandel
“a colleague of yours Michael sandel with uh with tyranny and Merit there's uh interesting rigorous ways to kind of challenge”— Lex Fridman
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