Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.
Skip to main content
Report an accessibility problem
Arizona State University Arizona State University
Menu
Sign In / Sign Out
  • Sign In
Navigation for Entire University
  • ASU Home
    • News/Events
    • Academics
    • Research
    • Athletics
    • Alumni
    • Giving
    • President
    • About ASU
  • My ASU
  • Colleges and Schools
    • Arts and Sciences
    • Business
    • Design and the Arts
    • Education
    • Engineering
    • Global Futures
    • Graduate
    • Health Solutions
    • Honors
    • Journalism
    • Law
    • Nursing and Health Innovation
    • Public Service and Community Solutions
    • University College
    • Thunderbird School of Global Management
  • Map and Locations
    • Map
    • Tempe
    • West
    • Polytechnic
    • Downtown Phoenix
    • Online and Extended
    • Lake Havasu
    • SkySong
    • Research Park
    • Washington D.C.
    • China
  • Directory
School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership
  • Home
  • Student Life
    • Academics
      • Advising
      • Our Curriculum
      • Study Abroad
      • Shakespeare's Leadership Lessons
      • Coor Texts Reading Room
      • Graduate Scholarships
      • Spring 2021 Course List
    • The SCETL Advantage
      • Internships
      • Travel Support Funding
      • Internship information for employers
      • Undergraduate Scholarships
    • Our students
      • Anusha's Student Story
      • Jonah's Student Story
      • Jonathon's Student Story
      • Julia's Student Story
      • Max's Student Story
      • Meet our graduates
      • Nicole's Student Story
  • Degree Programs
  • Admission
    • Request Information
    • Tuition & Paying for College
    • Visit Campus
  • Events
    • The Civic Discourse Project
      • Race, Justice, and Leadership in America
      • Citizenship and Civic Leadership in America
      • Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity
      • Polarization and Civil Disagreement
    • Pandemic Dialogues
      • Reckoning and Recovery
      • Conversations on Civic Crisis
    • Signature Events
      • Annual Constitution Day Lecture
      • Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture
    • Student Events
    • Watch previous events
    • 2020 Innovation Quarter
  • CivEd
    • Civic Leadership Institute
    • Doing Business North America
    • One Small Step
    • The Arizona Constitution Project
      • The Unabridged Arizona Constitution
    • Civic Classics Collection
    • Civic Literacy Curriculum
  • News and Media
    • Keeping it Civil Podcast
    • Newsletter
    • Video Catalog
  • Centers
    • Center for Political Thought and Leadership
    • Center for the Study of Economic Liberty
  • About
    • Contact Us
    • Director's Note
    • Employment Opportunities
    • Faculty Research & Public Works
    • Giving
    • Our Advisors
    • People
  1. Home
  2. Node
Embed Video
Watch Button

Watch on Youtube.

Speakers

Randall Kennedy

2020 Spring Conference
No
Pandemic Dialogues
No
Event Type
The Civic Discourse Project
Academic Year
2020-2021
Civic Discourse Project season
Race, Justice, and Leadership in America
2018 Spring Conference
2019 Spring Conference


Video Title

Race, Social Justice, and Higher Education Today: How Racist Are Universities, Really?

Body

In a recent Chronicle of Higher Education essay, Harvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy poses the question: “How Racist Are Universities, Really?” In it, he argues that in these volatile times, “hyperbolic accusations” can “do more harm than good.” Kennedy believes that the racial reckonings of the current moment drawing attention to “racial inequity,” and “demanding the redress of long-neglected racial wrongs” are vitally important to American society today in ways that can bring about positive change. He is concerned, however, that this laudable moment of “anti-racist activism” has also been “shadowed by a rise in complacency and opportunism” that weakens the struggle for the rectification of racial injustice. Among the “hyperbolic accusations” of racism, he includes certain allegations against universities.

Are universities systemically racist? Will recent university policies designed to address claims of racial bias on campus inhibit academic freedom? Join us for a conversation with Professor Randall Kennedy to address this important topic.




ASU endorsed logo
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube Instagram
An academic unit of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Contact us

Contribute

About

  • Director's Note
  • Employment Opportunities
  • People

Academics

  • Admission
  • Programs

Degree Programs

News & Events

  • Newsletter
  • In the Media
  • Events
ASU is No.1 in the U.S. for innovation
Best Colleges U.S. News Most Innovative 2021
  • My ASU
  • Copyright and Trademark
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use
  • Jobs
  • Emergency
  • Contact ASU