Kimberlé Crenshaw

Politik für Desinteressierte Zu Gast im Studio: Kimberlé Crenshaw, US-amerikanische Juristin, Bürgerrechtsaktivistin und Mitbegründerin der Critical Race Theory. Crenshaw ist Professorin an der University of California, Los Angeles, und der Columbia University. Ihre Spezialgebiete sind institutionalisierter Rassismus im US-amerikanischen Recht und feministische Rechtstheorie. Sie prägte den Begriff Intersektionalität. Crenshaw ist Mitgründerin des "African-American Policy Forum" und Präsidentin des "Center for Intersectional Justice". Im Mai 2026 erschien ihre Autobiografie: "Backtalker - A Memoir" Ein Gespräch über die amerikanische Demokratie, die Geschichte der Rassentrennung nach dem Ende der Sklaverei, Obama, Trump & white supremacy, Gesetze nutzen um eine Gesellschaft voranzubringen, den Kampf um Erinnerung und mediale Macht, Kimberlé Kindheit, Jugend und Familie, ihr Weg zum intersektionalen Denken und der Gründung der Critical Race Theory sowie falsche Annahmen über CRT Bitte unterstützt unsere Arbeit finanziell: Konto: Jung & Naiv (oder "Jung und Naiv" oder "Jung + Naiv") IBAN: DE854 3060 967 104 779 2900 GLS Gemeinschaftsbank PayPal ► http://www.paypal.me/JungNaiv

What happens when philanthropy stops treating women and girls as a side issue and starts seeing them as a powerful lens through which we can better understand the major fights for justice, democracy, safety, and human dignity? In this live episode, recorded at The Giving List Women “Doing It Differently” Summit in Santa Barbara, Glen Galaich, CEO of the Stupski Foundation, and co-host Gwyn Lurie, Co-Founder and CEO of The Giving List Women, sit down with two leaders who have spent their careers challenging the stories, systems, and assumptions that shape our society: Jennifer Siebel Newsom, First Partner of California and award-winning documentary filmmaker behind Miss Representation and the new documentary Miss Representation: Rise Up , and Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw, professor of law at UCLA and Columbia Law School, co-founder and executive director of the African American Policy Forum, host of Intersectionality Matters! , and author of the new book Backtalker . Together, they take on one of the most dangerous fake rules in philanthropy and culture— the idea that women and girls are a “lane” instead of a lens for understanding the defining issues of our time. Drawing on law, media, narrative, movements, and lived experience, they call out the short‑sighted practice of measuring impact in one‑ or two‑year cycles while anti‑democratic backlashes are funded for generations, and challenge funders to abandon outdated frameworks. They make clear that investing in women’s health, safety, financial security, and leadership is central to building a healthier democracy and a more just future. 💡Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw: The old frameworks that we've used to determine how to spend money, where to invest. We've got to throw that out. We’ve got to look at what this war is right now, and it's very, very different from the way we typically think about it. 💡 Jennifer Siebel Newsom: “When we center women, when we invest in women's health, their safety, their financial security, women will be the most transformative leaders in world history.” Learn more about The Giving List Women , created to inspire donors, leaders, and changemakers to apply the lens of women and girls to philanthropic and other forms of investment, and to build partnerships that fuel a more gender-balanced world. Order your copy of Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw’s book, Backtalker . Order your copy of Glen’s book, CONTROL: Why Big Giving Falls Short . Learn about the Stupski Foundation . Co-Hosts: Gwyn Lurie & Glen Galaich Guests: Jennifer Siebel Newsom - The Representation Project | Miss Representation: Rise Up Dr. Kimberlé W. Crenshaw- Backtalker | Intersectionality Matters! Executive Producer: <a href="https://stupski.org/people/claire-callahan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target=

Host Kimberlé Crenshaw and celebrated legal professor Cheryl Harris discuss the creative process and anticipated release of Crenshaw's latest book, Backtalker: An American Memoir. Crenshaw’s memoir traces the way her lived experience made her see things others didn’t. It chronicles the earliest moments she starts to talk back, and the journeys that backtalking has taken Crenshaw on throughout her life. Music courtesy of Blue Dot Sessions . Connect with us: ⁠⁠⁠Donate to our show⁠⁠ Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Kimberlé Crenshaw's book, Backtalker: An American Memoir Register for Backtalkers Academy , running throughout Spring/Summer 2026 Check out UCLA Law Review's podcast

It's the 11th anniversary of the #SayHerName Campaign. To commemorate, we're uplifting a favourite #SayHerName episode from our archive. Please join us on Dec 8 in NYC for a staged reading of #SayHerName - The Lives That Should have been, featuring a star-studded cast of performers, a talkback with the mothers of the #SayHerName Mothers Network, and a post-show party with performances by special guests. Get your tickets here. This episode highlights a new milestone for the #SayHerName campaign: a new book, entitled #SayHerName: Black Women’s Stories of Police Violence and Public Silence . Co-authored by podcast host Kimberlé Crenshaw and the team at the African American Policy Forum, this book helps readers better understand Black women's susceptibility to police brutality and state-sanctioned violence. It explains —through Black feminist storytelling and ritual — how we can effectively mobilize various communities and empower them to advocate for racial justice for Black women, girls, and femmes. In this podcast episode, you'll hear incredible performances from actors at each of our #SayHerName book tour stops in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Baltimore. You'll also hear from members from the #SayHerName Mothers Network, a sisterhood of women who have lost other women, girls and femmes in their family to police violence. You'll also hear from Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead, Dr. Dorothy Roberts, and Kali Holloway, each of whom served as cohosts at book tour stops in their respective cities. They reflected with Dr. Crenshaw on the power of the tour, the calls to action from the book, and the urgency of the lessons the book contains. Centering Black women’s experiences in police and gender violence discourses sends the powerful message that, in fact, all #BlackLivesMatter, and that the police cannot kill without consequence. Supporting AAPF ensures that this important research and testimony continues to inspire change. To purchase your copy, click ⁠here⁠ . Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks), with Dorothy Roberts @DorothyERoberts, Kaye Wise Whitehead @kayewhitehead, and Kali Holloway @kalihollowayftw. Produced by Nicole Edwards and the team at the African American Policy Forum. Mixing by Sean Dunnam Music by Blue Dot Sessions Follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, and Instagram.

Synopsis: With attacks on Critical Race Theory gaining momentum, Columbia & UCLA Law Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw joins Laura Flanders to dissect the fight for antiracism in America today. This show is made possible by you! To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donate Description: Calling all white people: How many times in the last eight months have you heard the phrase “isn’t that illegal?” The problems with our legal system are more conspicuous than ever in 2025, but thought leaders like Kimberlé Crenshaw have been sounding the alarm for decades. Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum, Crenshaw is celebrating the organization's 30th anniversary and joining Laura Flanders in this episode to discuss the challenges ahead. For starters, the Supreme Court has recently legalized racial profiling for ICE deportations, the Trump administration is looking to remove so-called “improper ideology” from US institutions like the Smithsonian, and the president recently suggested domestic violence is not a real crime. Crenshaw is a leading scholar on Critical Race Theory, a Professor of Law at Columbia and UCLA Law Schools, and host of the podcast "Intersectionality Matters!" which is currently releasing a new episode of their series United States of Amnesia: The Real Histories of Critical Race Theory. Join Crenshaw and Flanders as they look at the AAPF’s role in advancing intersectional policies to address antiracism, and how they plan to continue that work in this critical moment. Plus, a commentary from Laura on rights and the Right. “To really stand behind this idea of making America great again, you've got to erase the memory of what America was . . . He's going after the history of enslavement. He's going after the history of genocide. He's saying that this kind of history is no longer appropriate for the federal government to officially recognize and historicize.” - Kimberlé Crenshaw “[Conservatives] believe race should not play a role in creating greater access to equality. They do believe race should play a role in deciding who should be surveilled. They do believe in race when it comes to who should be collected up, potentially put on buses and planes and sent out of this country.” - Kimberlé Crenshaw Guests: Kimberlé Crenshaw , Professor of Law, Columbia & UCLA Law Schools; Executive Director, African American Policy Forum Watch the special report on YouTube; PBS World Channel September 21st, and on over 300 public stations across the country (check your listings, or search here via zipcode). Listen: Episode airing on community radio September 24th ( check here to see if your station is airing the show) & available as a podcast. Full Episode Notes are located HERE. Support Laura Flanders and Friends by becoming a member at https://www.patreon.com/c/lauraflandersandfriends Music Credit: “Courage Wolf” by Jordan McLean’s Musical Resistance or JMMR from his album 'Resistance is Fertile' released on Nublu Records, and original sound design by Jeannie Hopper Related Laura Flanders Show Episodes: • Kimberlé Crenshaw & Soledad O’Brien Call Out the Media on Critical Race Theory: Watch / Listen: <a href="https://laurafla

Synopsis: With attacks on Critical Race Theory gaining momentum, Columbia Law Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw joins Laura Flanders to dissect the fight for antiracism in America today. This show is made possible by you! To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donate Description: Calling all white people: How many times in the last eight months have you heard the phrase “isn’t that illegal?” The problems with our legal system are more conspicuous than ever in 2025, but thought leaders like Kimberlé Crenshaw have been sounding the alarm for decades. Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum, Crenshaw is celebrating the organization's 30th anniversary and joining Laura Flanders in this episode to discuss the challenges ahead. For starters, the Supreme Court has recently legalized racial profiling for ICE deportations, the Trump administration is looking to remove so-called “improper ideology” from US institutions like the Smithsonian, and the president recently suggested domestic violence is not a real crime. Crenshaw is a leading scholar on Critical Race Theory, a Professor of Law at Columbia and UCLA Law Schools, and host of the podcast "Intersectionality Matters!" which is currently releasing a new episode of their series United States of Amnesia: The Real Histories of Critical Race Theory. Join Crenshaw and Flanders as they look at the AAPF’s role in advancing intersectional policies to address antiracism, and how they plan to continue that work in this critical moment. Plus, a commentary from Laura on rights and the Right. “To really stand behind this idea of making America great again, you've got to erase the memory of what America was . . . He's going after the history of enslavement. He's going after the history of genocide. He's saying that this kind of history is no longer appropriate for the federal government to officially recognize and historicize.” - Kimberlé Crenshaw “[Conservatives] believe race should not play a role in creating greater access to equality. They do believe race should play a role in deciding who should be surveilled. They do believe in race when it comes to who should be collected up, potentially put on buses and planes and sent out of this country.” - Kimberlé Crenshaw Guest: Kimberlé Crenshaw , Professor of Law, Columbia & UCLA Law Schools; Executive Director, African American Policy Forum Full Conversation Release: While our weekly shows are edited to time for broadcast on Public TV and community radio, we offer to our members and podcast subscribers the full uncut conversation. These audio exclusives are made possible thanks to our member supporters. Watch the special report on YouTube; PBS World Channel September 21st, and on over 300 public stations across the country (check your listings, or search here via zipcode). Listen: Episode airing on community radio September 24th ( check here to see if your station is airing the show) & available as a podcast. Full Episode Notes are located HERE. Support Laura Flanders and Friends by becoming a member at https://www.patreon.com/c/lauraflandersandfriends Music Credit: 'Dawn Smolders' by Bluedot Sessions, and original sound design by Jeannie Hopper RESOURCES: *Recommended boo

What happens when the law can't see you? This episode dives into Kimberle Crenshaw’s landmark 1989 essay on intersectionality, exploring how courts systematically erase Black women. Becky and Tori break down Crenshaw’s trapdoor metaphor, legal analysis, and the continuing relevance of intersectional feminism today. This week’s text ✍️ “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex” by Kimberlé Crenshaw This week’s guest Tori, aka Tori, Etc., is a neurodivergent speaker and educator on deconstructing fundamentalism, white supremacy, and internalized misogyny. Raised in a far-right religious household, she now brings sharp analysis and vulnerable storytelling to conversations about identity, power, and liberation. Find TORI 🌐 https://instagram.com/tori.etc 🎧 https://www.torietc.com/podcast 📱 https://www.instagram.com/tori.etc Discussed in this episode • The legal system’s failure to recognize Black women’s intersectional oppression • Crenshaw’s trapdoor and street intersection metaphors • Gaslighting in law and social discourse • Moynihan Report and structural racism • The burden of perfectionism in white supremacy and capitalism • Personal narratives of unlearning from fundamentalism Resource mentioned • "My Grandmother’s Hands" by Resmaa Menakem 👉🏼 Sign up for Becky’s newsletter, Feminist Rants Are My Superpower 🎤 PROUD MEMBER OF THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE

In a new series, host Kimberlé Crenshaw takes listeners on a journey through the real history of critical race theory (CRT). She explores the "anti-CRT" legislative attacks against public education, and as a founding critical race theorist, Prof. Crenshaw provides a first-hand account of the origin of the theory, from its inception at Harvard Law School to the current backlash against it. Through interviews with thought leaders, activists, academics and the communities affected by anti-CRT and anti-DEI legislation, in this series, Kimberlé Crenshaw uplifts the cycles of history we see repeating before us in the present day, all in the hopes of curing the amnesia that keeps us stuck in the cycles of history.

Listen to host Marianne Schnall’s full conversation about advancing racial justice with civil rights activist and law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw. Crenshaw discusses the #SayHerName movement (3:35) and book (9:24)—which she created with the African American Policy Forum to uplift the often invisible names and stories of Black women and girls who have been subject to racialized police violence—the origins, meaning, and importance of two terms she coined, “intersectionality” (22:55) and Critical Race Theory (27:19), what support Black women leaders need (33:39), her visions for a more equal world (31:25), and much more. For more information about Marianne Schnall, please visit MarianneSchnall.com For more information about Kimberlé Crenshaw and her work, visit aapf.org For more information about Tandem please visit tandemequality.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Kimberlé Crenshaw and the African American Policy Forum at Sundance Film Festival on January 19th, 2024 at 8 pm MT for The Story of Us (Part 4), live at The Park in Park City, Utah. Register for your free pass here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-story-of-us-surviving-the-war-on-woke-black-storytelling-tickets-793686827667 In this episode, host Kimberlé Crenshaw and African American Policy Forum present the Story of Us (Part 3) panel, recorded live from the Sundance Film Festival in 2023. As we think about the future of democracy, this instalment of Sundance's "Big Conversation" series builds on the previous two iterations of Kimberlé W. Crenshaw’s The Story of Us , and explores how cinematic storytelling has long been, and continues to be, critical to shaping the contours of democratic inclusion. Who gets to be a hero or a villain in popular depictions of American life? Who gets written out of the story altogether? And how do Hollywood portrayals influence the amount political power that various demographics of Americans hold in real life? Featuring W Kamau Bell, the 2023 Sundance Vanguard Award winner, comic, and television host Holly Cook Macarro, Tribal Advocate & Political Strategist Jason Stanley, author and Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University Roger Ross Williams, Academy Award-winning Director, Writer, and Producer Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks) Produced by Sr Producer Nicole Edwards Mixing by Sean Dunnam Support provided by the African American Policy Forum Music by Blue Dot Sessions Follow us at @intersectionalitymatters (X), @IMKC_podcast (Instagram)

This episode highlights a new milestone for the #SayHerName campaign: a new book, entitled #SayHerName: Black Women’s Stories of Police Violence and Public Silence . Co-authored by podcast host Kimberlé Crenshaw and the team at the African American Policy Forum, this book helps readers better understand Black women's susceptibility to police brutality and state-sanctioned violence. It explains —through Black feminist storytelling and ritual — how we can effectively mobilize various communities and empower them to advocate for racial justice for Black women, girls, and femmes. In this podcast episode, you'll hear incredible performances from actors at each of our #SayHerName book tour stops in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Baltimore. You'll also hear from members from the #SayHerName Mothers Network, a sisterhood of women who have lost other women, girls and femmes in their family to police violence. You'll also hear from Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead, Dr. Dorothy Roberts, and Kali Holloway, each of whom served as cohosts at book tour stops in their respective cities. They reflected with Dr. Crenshaw on the power of the tour, the calls to action from the book, and the urgency of the lessons the book contains. Centering Black women’s experiences in police and gender violence discourses sends the powerful message that, in fact, all #BlackLivesMatter, and that the police cannot kill without consequence. Supporting AAPF ensures that this important research and testimony continues to inspire change. To purchase your copy, click here . To learn more about the #SayHerName campaign and to register for the 9th annual ceremony of ritual and remembrance happening live in NYC on Dec 14th, go to https://www.aapf.org/sayhername Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks), with Dorothy Roberts @DorothyERoberts, Kaye Wise Whitehead @kayewhitehead, and Kali Holloway @kalihollowayftw. Produced by Nicole Edwards and the team at the African American Policy Forum. Mixing by Sean Dunnam Music by Blue Dot Sessions Follow us at @intersectionalitymatters, @IMKC_podcast

For Make it Plain's (MIP) first-ever podcast episode Kehinde Andrews talks with Kimberlé Crenshaw about CRT, intersectionality, #SayHerName, and the attack on antiracism. Kimberlé Crenshaw is an American Civil Rights Advocate, the co-founder and executive director of the African American Policy Forum, and the founder and executive director of the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies at Columbia Law School. She is the Promise Institute Professor at UCLA Law School and the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor at Columbia Law School. She is popularly known for her development of “intersectionality,” “Critical Race Theory,” and the #SayHerName Campaign, and is the host of the podcast Intersectionality Matters! - Broke-Ish https://brokeish.com/podcast Blackness at the Intersection, Kimberlé Crenshaw (Editor) and Kehinde Andrews: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54434924-blackness-at-the-intersection Race, Reform, and Retrenchment: Transformation and Legitimation in Antidiscrimination Law by Dr. Kimberlé W. Crenshaw: https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Crenshaw-Race-Reform-and-Retrenchment-pdf.pdf THE AFRICAN AMERICAN POLICY FORUM (Kim's org): https://www.aapf.org/ - Guest: @kimberlecrenshaw Host: @kehindeandrews (IG) / @kehinde_andrews (T) Podcast: @makeitplainorg