Randall Kennedy

Resentment.

Resentment in society.

And that's, you know, so in the fancy schools.

And by the way, you know, remember when we're talking about affirmative action, most colleges and universities in the United States, there is no affirmative action issue because they're not selective.

Hell, they'll take anybody who, you know, if you can pay, come on in.

It's only a fairly small set of schools that are selective.

But of course, those are the most elite schools.

Those are the schools that people most want to get into.

And that's one of the reasons why we have all this fighting over those schools.

Now, there's a whole, how many millions of people are there in America who have applied to various places?

They didn't get in.

And what do they say?

The white person who applied to Harvard, applied to Yale, applied to Columbia, applied to Georgetown, applied to NYU, didn't get in.

What do they say?

I would have gotten in if it hadn't been for that racial affirmative action.

They're resentful.

Well, you know, should they be resentful?

No, they shouldn't be resentful, but they are resentful.

Does that have a consequence?

Yeah, it has a consequence.