. >> we have proposal -- we have a professor randall kennedy with us today. he is a professor at harvard law school where he teaches courses on a contract law, criminal law, and race relations. preserved as a law clerk in the u.s. court of appeals and for justice thurgood marshall of the supreme court. his most recent books are "nigger," "interracial intimacies," and "sell out." mr. kennedy is also a charter trustee of princeton university and holds a degree from preferred, oxford, and the old school. please welcome mr. randall kennedy. [applause] >> i am grateful to be able to participate in this symposium. implicit in the center's title is the idea that social cohesion is good. i suppose that it is under certain conditions. there are categories of dictated by dictatorial social cohesion, not the kind this center which is to foster through debate. the go he's in -- the cohesion they want is a pluralistic cohesion that friends a decent society. there have now and how long been a number of all lines in america for the prospect of an -- an attractive social coh

i thought randall kennedy's talk where he put down two very important concepts related to each other, the notion of attractive social cohesion and what he called decent social conceived -- social cohesion. who worries about the ceiling? we need to worry about the floor. if you have no access to a decent conceptualization of connectivity to everybody else, if you have no purpose of the tory met along the way, and then we have left 42 million people behind. i thought that he was outlining something that we need to keep in mind. one of the consequences of intense individualism is 32% of those people being children who lived in are raised in a particular environment over which they have no control. it is a flop, if you will, in the design that has not yet been resolved. this panel, interestingly, and i think appropriately, outlined some of the research questions, almost. is this dilemma i meant to between the ideal of america and implementation of that americanism. what i was hearing was this notion of real-time forces. i thought this panel could be called real-time high-speed social chan

randall kennedy is michael r. klein professor at the harvard law school where he teaches on contract, criminal law and race relations he served under thurgood marshall of the united states supreme court. his most recent books are "nigger: the strange career of a trouble spsm word," "intelligence, marriage, identity" and "sellout. the american academy of arts and sciences, the american academy of philosophy, he holds degrees from princeton, oxford university, and yale law school. please welcome mr. randall kennedy. [applause] >> there are policies dictated by dictatorial social cohesion. that's not the sort the center wishes to foster through research, study and debate. the cohesion that the center seeks to foster is a democratic, pluralistic cohesion that frames a decent society. there are now, there have long been a number of fault lines in america that me nass the prospect of an attractive social cohesion. i think here of religious bias, particularly nowadays, prejudice against muslims. gender bias, particularly

we are very very pleased to have professor randall kennedy with us today.ill be giving a keynote address entitled what is america's deepest fault lines? randall kennedy is merkel are a kind professor at the harvard law school where he teaches courses on contracts, criminal law and regulation of race relations. served as a law clerk for jay kelley rae for a court of appeals and justice thurgood marshall of the united states supreme court. his most recent books are the strange career of a troublesome word, interracial agencies, sex, adoption and sellout. elaborate the american law institute coming american academy of arts and sciences and the american philosophical association, mr. kennedy is also a charter trustee princeton university. he holds degrees from princeton, oxford university emile law school. please welcome mr. randolph kennedy. [applause] >> i haven't deeply grateful to gregory rodriguez said his colleagues at the center social cohesion for inviting me to participate in a symposium. implicit epicenters title is the idea that social cohesion is go

randall? >> terrell brown at the kennedy space center. thanks. >>> let's get more on this morning's historic landing on cbs's consultant bill randall. good morning, bill. >> good moving, randall. >> the shuttle comes to an end after three decades. what in your opinion have been the most significant accomplishments? >> you know, when you look back over the last 30 years the shuttle has been operating it's hard to pin down one thing. it was the only one ever built and of course this is the only manned spacecraft that gave anyone a chance go up and work on a satellite, retrieve it as we all saw with the hubble space telescope, the ability to repair the telescope and turn it into one of the world's premier observatories. i think all the mechanisms they did to make it work will be the hall mark of the shuttle program, plus, randall, the sheer grandeur, the sheer rocket boosters and fire and thunder will be things people will miss. >> not to mention the technical achievement of so many moving parts. another question now, what is nasa's next plan

randall kennedy. [applause] >> i am deeply grateful at the center for inviting me to participate in this symposium. implicit in the title is the idea that social cohesion is good. i suppose that it is under certain conditions. there are things characterized by dictatorial social cohesion. that is not the sort the center which is to foster through research and debate. the cohesion that we seek to foster is democratic that frames society. there are now and have long been a number of fault lines in america that ms. the prospect of attractive social cohesion. i think of religious bias, particularly nowadays prejudiced against muslims. gender bias, mistreatment of women. sexual bias, discriminations against gays and lesbians. what is the deepest fault line? it is the boundary that separates those with sufficient resources to undergird the enjoyment of a secure, and dignified, hopeful existence from those, the impoverished, who were consigned to insecurity, humiliation, isolation, and other conditions. the

i thought randall kennedy's talk where he put down two very important concepts that were related to eachother, the notion of attractive social cohesion and what he called decent social cohesion and he talked about the notion of who cares about the ceiling? we need to worry about the floor and if you have no access to the decent conceptualization of connectivity to everyone else, you have no participatory mechanism along the way. then we have left those as he said 42 million people behind. i thought that he was outlining something that one needs to keep in mind because one of the consequences of intense individualism is 32% of those people being children who are living and being raised in a particular environment for which they have no control. so it is a flaw if you will in the design that has not yet unresolved. this panel i think interestingly, and they think appropriately sort of outline some of the very significant almost research questions, so this notion of this dilemma that i mentioned between the ideals of america and the implementation of that americanism and this notion of when

i thought randall kennedy's talk, where he put down two very important concepts that were related to each other, the notion of an attractive social cohesion and what he called decent social cohesion, and he talked about the notion of who cares about the ceiling. we have to worry about the floor. if you have no access to decent conceptualization of connectivity to anyone else, you have no purchase of a tory mechanism along the way. then we have left those 40 two million people behind, and i thought that he was outlining something that one needs to keep in mind because one of the consequences of intense individualism is 32% of those people being children who are living and being raised in the particular environment for which i have no control. it is a flaw, if you will, in a design that has not yet been resolved. this panel, i think, interestingly, and i think appropriately sort of outlined some of the very significant, almost research, questions. it is this notion of this dilemma i mentioned between the ideals of america and the implementation of that americanism and this notion of wh