21 Quotes by Randall Kennedy

Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty to other blacks.

The idea of the mulatto has been a gathering point for a wide variety of racial prejudices, fears, myths, and speculations.

In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'

Love is just such a crucial, wonderful thing, and if you are lucky enough to find somebody who genuinely loves you, grab that person and hold on to that person, and nothing else matters.

The perception of linked fate and that feeling of being always on the spot as a representative of the race, at least in mixed company, are features of African American life that predate affirmative action and arise outside of its presence.

All white people in the United States have benefited from a white supremacy. But does that mean that a white person should be viewed badly because they turn against a white supremacist policy? Just because you've benefited from something shouldn't disable you from repudiating it.

I champion sensibly designed racial affirmative action, not because I have benefited from it personally - though I have. I support it because, on balance, it is conducive to the public good.

In elite, primarily white institutions, there are many blacks who have white wives. So much so that sometimes there is almost the assumption that I would be married to a white woman.

As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.