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Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal, by Randall Kennedy

“Sellout,” Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy’s balanced analysis of the pervasive idea of race betrayal in African American life, stems partly from the author’s experiences being maligned as a “sellout.” Kennedy defines “sellout” as “a stigmatizing weapon typically wielded by people who face and are attempting to overcome unjust racial discrimination.” Willing to admit that cases of race betrayal exist, Kennedy nevertheless cautions that “extreme care should attend the making of any such allegations. All too often, in framing their indictments, prosecutors of `sellouts’ display alarming sloppiness.” He astutely observes that “victims in one setting often become victimizers in another.” Read the review at the Charlotte Observer.

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