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...Another Ivy Leaguer, Professor Randall Kennedy of Harvard Law School, knew that he was taking a chance by giving his book such a controversial title. But his gamble has paid off, says PW. There are over 70,000 copies of "Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word" (Pantheon) in print, and it has appeared on various best-seller lists, including the NYT nonfiction list at No. 8. The book is No. 18 on the extended 4/7 NYT nonfiction list...
...Richard was in and out of prison, and when he bumped into his father in a shopping mall seven or eight years ago, he seemed depressed and downhearted. "He was born here in Britain, like I was," says Robin. "It was distressing to be told things like 'Go home, nigger!'" For once Robin, who had converted to Islam while in prison in the 1980s, had a suggestion that seemed to make sense. Muslims, he says, "treat you like a human being." Plus, he says, they get better food in prison. Richard took his father's advice. The next time...
...Richard was in and out of prison, and when he bumped into his father in a shopping mall seven or eight years ago, he seemed depressed and downhearted. "He was born here in Britain, like I was," says Robin. "It was distressing to be told things like 'Go home, nigger!'" For once Robin, who had converted to Islam while in prison in the 1980s, had a suggestion that seemed to make sense. Muslims, he says, "treat you like a human being." Plus, he says, they get better food in prison. Richard took his father's advice. The next time...
David Pryor called Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troubling Word a “hand grenade of a book” at the IOP Book Club’s inaugural event last Monday in Lowell Junior Common Room. Author and Harvard Law School Professor Randall L. Kennedy was on hand to discuss his views on the changing meaning of the “N-word,” though his opinions were often less explosive than the term itself...
...prolifically (averaging a new published song a week) that it was rumored "a little colored boy" was the real composer of "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and other syncopated hits. (Berlin's response, noted in Lawrence Bergreen's excellent biography "As Thousands Cheer": "Do you realize how many little nigger boys I'd have to have?") The simple fact is that he wrote fast. In 1946, when he accepted the job of doing the music for the Broadway show "Annie Get Your Gun," Berlin went off for a weekend and returned with five songs - "Anything You Can Do," "The Girl That...