Summary of Randall Kennedy's Say It Loud!

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Get the Summary of Randall Kennedy's Say It Loud! in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In each essay, Kennedy is mindful of com­plexity, ambivalence, and paradox, and he is always stirring and enlightening. Say It Loud! is a wide-ranging summa of Randall Kennedy’s thought on the realities and imaginaries of race in America.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Dec 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669341345

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

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Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

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Insights from Chapter 29

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The American Revolution was fought over whether or not blacks would be considered citizens, and whether or not they would be considered property.

#2

The American Colonization Society, which aimed to send free blacks to Africa, was an example of this country’s racial pessimism. It received support from many prominent figures, including James Madison, Daniel Webster, and Andrew Jackson.

#3

Some black leaders and abolitionists, however, still supported colonization. They thought that African Americans would never be able to live in freedom in America.

#4

Even though many of the Founding Fathers had slaves, they still valued the Constitution. But racial pessimism was common among Lincoln, Douglass, and other abolitionists.

#5

The Civil War did free the slaves, but it also reinforced the belief among many African Americans that they were second-class citizens.

#6

The two most prominent figures in the pessimistic tradition during the turbulent 50 years following 1930 were W. E. B. Du Bois and Elijah Muhammad.

#7

Du Bois and the Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad both thought that African Americans should be able to live separate from whites.

#8

The Black Muslim leader Elijah Muhammad allowed some members to choose whether they wanted to be separated from white people, but he also forbade interracial marriage.

#9

Douglass initially viewed the Constitution as irredeemably sinful, but came to see it as not wholly evil. It was, in his opinion, a compromised product of evil.

#10

The Constitution was interpreted to have antislavery tendencies by many, including Frederick Douglass.

#11

There have been many prominent African Americans who have spoken about the American dream, and how they hope it will become a reality for all Americans, not just white ones.

#12

The 20th century was full of these types of speeches, with many black activists and academics expressing optimism about the future.

#13

Barack Obama is the most prominent modern African American exponent of the African American tradition of optimism.

#14

Obama’s presidency seemed to promise a lot of change, but in reality, it only perpetuated racism and bigotry. His presidency was marked by a tremendous amount of backlash, and his supporters were constantly being harassed and attacked for him.

#15

For many who voted for Trump, they did so because they disliked Hillary Clinton more, and not necessarily because of his racist rhetoric.

#16

The author’s father was a racial pessimist, and he himself has long been a racial optimist.

#17

The author, a white woman born in 1950, was raised to be a racial optimist. She was taught that racism was a problem that could be solved by the American people coming together.

#18

We must choose