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...Hentoff: It’s a memoir and one always likes to have one’s memoirs around. It’s also one of the two—well, two or three best books I’ve written...
...Hentoff: Oh, who hasn’t been following that...
...Hentoff: The problem is if you insist on talking about the situation in the context of affirmative action. My view on this is the same as William O. Douglas’. You can’t do it by racial preference, you must take into account one person at a time—that’s true equal protection under the law. When you do it collectively it’s not equal protection...
...Hentoff: Oh. I wasn’t interested in that. You either have equal protection of speech on college campuses or it’s hampered by stupid speech codes. Once I was interviewing Justice Brennan and I asked him one of those stupid questions, you know: “What is your favorite part of the Bill of Rights?” And he said...
...Hentoff: I was in Widener library one Sunday afternoon doing research and I heard Sidney Bechet was playing downtown, so I left. And I realized that was where I wanted to be. This is all in the book...