The Boston Traveler » race http://www.thebostontraveler.com Discover Boston and the surrounding area. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:58:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Start Black History Month Early with Randall Kennedy http://www.thebostontraveler.com/2008/01/start-black-history-month-early-with-randall-kennedy/ http://www.thebostontraveler.com/2008/01/start-black-history-month-early-with-randall-kennedy/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:54:38 +0000 http://www.thebostontraveler.com/start-black-history-month-early-with-randall-kennedy/ Post from: The Boston Traveler

]]> February and Black History Month are just around the corner, and Harvard Book Store (no affiliation with the university, except by virtue of location—it’s right across the street from Harvard Yard) is getting a jump start on the occasion.

At 7pm EST on Tuesday, January 29th, the popular and well-stocked shop will host an appearance by African-American author and Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy, a leading researcher on race relations. In his latest book, Sellout: The Politics of Racial Disloyalty, the attorney examines what it means for a black person to be burdened with the label “sellout,” a term denoting someone who has engaged in “racial betrayal.”

Keep in mind that Randall’s previous book, Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, was both a timely and controversial bestseller. With Democratic Illinois Junior Senator Barack Obama—a public official who’s no stranger to the stereotype of selling out—currently making significant, historic headway in presidential politics, the follow-up is arriving at yet another auspicious moment in the United States’ development as a society.

Read more about the free scheduled Kennedy talk at Harvard Book Store’s website. Directions to the 1256 Massachusetts Avenue location in Cambridge are here.

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