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Jan 18Liked by Glenn Loury

Not close to a fair fight. Glenn was completely reasoned and rational, Kennedy was all ideology and rhetoric, no substantive arguments. I have not read Kennedy’s work but based on this performance I don’t understand Glenn’s respect for his intellectual honesty.

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I recommend your reading his "Race, Crime and the Law." It's masterful, comprehensive and, in places, brave. Also brave and important is his early essay criticizing critical legal studies gurus Derrick Bell et al. (https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Kennedy-Racial-Critiques-of-Legal-Academia.pdf)...

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