📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: http://unherd.com/join UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Professor Randall Kennedy. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/stop-forcing-academics-to-support-dei/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Law Professor Randall Kennedy has taught at Harvard University for 40 years and written hundreds of thousands of words on race politics and the legal system. He is a vocal defender of affirmative action, so why this week did he write an essay about the 'resentment' caused by compulsory diversity statements? He spoke to UnHerd's Freddie Sayers about DEI, meritocracy and how good intentions so often turn into social coercion. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 00:00 - 01:46 - Introduction 01:46 - 05:25 - DEI statements in academia 05:25 - 12:50 - DEI policies and their impact on institutions 12:50 - 24:17 - Affirmative action and racial inequality in higher education 24:17 - 39:32 - Higher education, race relations and police reform in America 39:32 - 47:17 - Was Black Lives Matter good or bad? 47:17 - 47:42 - Concluding thoughts #UnHerd #RandallKennedy #DEI