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| Randall Kennedy - Barack Obama's "Crossover Appeal" |
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Complete video at:
http://fora.tv/2008/01/16/Randall_Kennedy_In_Conve
rsation_with_Christopher_Edley_Jr_
Controversial African-American cultural critic
Randall Kennedy discusses Barack Obama's
"crossover appeal" to white voters, in a
conversation with Dean of UC-Berkeley School of
Law Christopher Edley, Jr.
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Randall Kennedy in conversation with Christopher
Edley, Jr.
Randall Kennedy is one the most outspoken and
compelling commentators on race in America. Born
in segregated South Carolina at the cusp of the
Civil Rights Movement, Kennedy had early ambitions
to become a Civil Rights attorney. The Rhodes
Scholar graduated from Princeton University and
then Yale Law School, earning a clerkship with
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall before
joining the faculty of Harvard Law School.
Kennedy's work received national attention with
the publication of his book Nigger: The Strange
Career of a Troublesome Word. In the book, Kennedy
dissects the most notorious racial slur in the
American language and also examines the linguistic
baggage behind such words as "racism,"
"discrimination," and "diversity." His new book
Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal explores
the idea of African-Americans denying their
heritage to get ahead in society. Kennedy is a
longtime professor at Harvard Law School where he
teaches courses on freedom of expression and the
regulation of race relations - City Arts &
Lectures
Christopher Edley, Jr. joined Boalt Hall as dean
and professor of law in 2004, after 23 years as a
professor at Harvard Law School. He earned a law
degree and a master's degree in public policy from
Harvard University, where he served as an editor
and officer of the Harvard Law Review. Edley's
academic work is primarily in the areas of civil
rights and administrative law. He has also taught
federalism, budget policy, Defense Department
procurement law, national security law, and
environmental law. Edley was co-founder of the
Harvard Civil Rights Project, a renowned
multidisciplinary research and policy think tank
focused on issues of racial justice.
His publications include Not All Black and White:
Affirmative Action, Race and American Values and
Administrative Law: Rethinking Judicial Control of
Bureaucracy.
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Durée : 301 s |
| Battle of the Crossover SUV's: Honda v Mazda v Toyota |
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LEARN MORE ABOUT CROSSOVERS:
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Compar
os/articleId=128367?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopanel
..3.*
We keep a couple seven-passenger crossover SUVs in
our long-term test fleet and they're indispensable
for carting around kids, terriers and lawn
furniture. Of course, we still crack the obvious
jokes. We'll tell you that these are minivans with
hinged doors, SUVs trail-rated for the Starbucks
drive-thru, tall wagons that think they're too
good to be called tall wagons.
But there's nothing superficial or irrational
about crossover SUVs like the 2009 Honda Pilot,
2008 Mazda CX-9 or 2008 Toyota Highlander. All
three make good on the crossover promise of a vast
interior, easy maneuverability and decent fuel
economy. Maybe you're aghast that anyone would
need three rows of seating, but maybe you've never
tried to cram three toddlers in Britax car seats
into a Honda Accord.
We have. You need that third row. But if that
third row were in a minivan, you might find
yourself filling a prescription for
antidepressants. This leaves you to consider a
crossover SUV of medium-to-large proportions.
Just about any current-day crossover will
accomplish the basics, but the diversity of this
vehicle genre might catch you off guard. Even
though the 2009 Honda Pilot, 2008 Mazda CX-9 and
2008 Toyota Highlander seem to match one another
airbag for airbag, their personalities are so
different that you can't drive them without taking
sides.
Tags : 2009 Honda Pilot 2008 Mazda CX-9 Toyota Highlander Edmunds Inside Line car auto motor |
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Durée : 267 s |
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