Randall Kennedy

I just say, you know, you're not very funny.

Again, the cases that I'm most familiar with are the cases involving teachers, professors, academic.

And it is said sometimes, oh, why do I object?

I object, sometimes people say, because I suspect that this teacher just wanted to say the word and that all of this is a cover, a pretext.

Do I, you know, in my sense, my sense of it is, no, I don't think it's a pretext.

If, you know, if it's pretextual, that's bad.

But in my experience, I have not seen that.

I don't believe that that's what's going on.

I would agree.

But to get back to your question, let's imagine that somebody produces a new set of Lenny Bruce albums.

Yeah.

So Lenny Bruce was white.

Lenny Bruce used the term nigger in his sets.

He sure did.

Question, would I want Lenny Bruce's albums now to be purged of the infamous N-word?

My response, absolutely not.

In my view, the answer would be yes.

Again, there are people, I've been on interviews, I've

I've been on stage with people who had a different conclusion.

I respect a different way.