The Stranger

Randall Kennedy, a Harvard Law School professor and author of Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, reads from his new and timely book Sellout. Now, who is a sellout? Condoleezza Rice is a sellout; Colin Powell is a sellout; Clarence "Uncle" Thomas is a sellout; even Barack Obama is a motherfucking sellout. And what is a sellout? A sellout is a black person who sold his/her soul for white recognition and success. Kennedy's book explores the history of the idea of "racial betrayal." (Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, 634-3400. 7:30 pm, $5.) by Charles Mudede

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