Tag: affirmative action
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Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy on Racial Disparities and Opposition to Black Success
Harvard Law professor Randall Kennedy, a respected scholar with a diverse audience, has written a guest essay in The New York Times titled “The Truth Is, Many Americans Just Don’t Want Black People to Get Ahead.” The article discusses the history of efforts to advance African Americans and correct racial disparities, which have faced criticisms…
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Harvard Law Professor Discusses Challenges to African American Advancement in the US
Harvard Law professor Randall Kennedy, in a guest essay for The New York Times titled “The Truth Is, Many Americans Just Don’t Want Black People to Get Ahead,” discusses the challenges faced by efforts to promote African American advancement and address racial disparities. Kennedy highlights the history of criticisms of “reverse discrimination” and “preference” in…