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Intersectionality Matters!

25. From the Base to the Face of the Party: Kamala Harris, Black Women & Misogynoir in the Election

Intersectionality Matters!

Intersectionality Matters with Kimberlé Crenshaw

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4.7814 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, six leading politicians, cultural critics, and political activists come together to discuss politics, Kamala Harris' historic vice presidential candidacy, and the intersection of racism and sexism in the 2020 election. With: BARBARA ARNWINE - President and Founder, Transformative Justice Coalition DONNA BRAZILE - Veteran Democratic political strategist STATE'S ATTY. KIM FOXX - State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois 
REP. MAXINE WATERS - U.S. Representative for California's 43rd congressional district KIRSTEN WEST SAVALI - Executive Producer, Essence Magazine Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)
 Produced by Julia Sharpe-Levine
 Edited by Julia Sharpe-Levine and Sarah Ventre
 Additional support provided by the African American Policy Forum Music by Blue Dot Sessions 
Follow us at @intersectionalitymatters, @IMKC_podcast

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0:00.0

The 2024 presidential election was marked by soaring highs and crushing lows. Black women, 91% of whom turned out for VP Harris, once again proved to be the most engaged, progressive, and resilient voting bloc.

0:16.0

In an election campaign where rampant sexism and racism was directed not only at Harris,

0:22.1

but at black women more broadly, the misogy noir we just witnessed is already being written

0:27.0

out of the analysis of what actually happened.

0:30.0

There seems to be a widening gap between what black women experienced and what the

0:34.1

pundit and political classes choose to talk about.

0:37.3

So join host Kimberly Crenshaw for a virtual under the blacklight conversation on December 3rd at 7 p.m. Eastern.

0:45.7

Black women advocates, activists, and analysts will offer their side of the story about the election

0:50.9

and highlight the risks to our democracy if we continue to erase black women

0:56.2

and their experiences.

0:58.5

Register for free at Bitley slash Election 24 Road Ahead.

1:03.9

That's Bitley slash Election 24 Road Ahead.

1:10.3

I'm Kimberly Crenshaw, and this is Intersectionality Matters, the podcast that brings

1:16.9

intersectionality to life by exploring the hidden dimensions of today's most pressing issues.

1:22.8

This idea travelogue lists up the work of leading activists, artists, and scholars and helps listeners

1:28.9

understand politics, the law, social movements, and even their own lives in deeper, more nuanced

1:34.9

ways.

1:38.2

The morning after Kamala Harris delivered a historic speech at the Democratic National Convention,

1:45.5

becoming the first black woman to accept the vice presidential nomination for a major political party, we hosted

1:51.8

a special conversation entitled, From the Base to the Face of the Democratic Party, Kamla Harris,

1:58.7

Black Women and Misageon noir in the 2020 election.

2:02.8

Standing on the shoulders of Shirley Chisholm, Fannie Lou Hamer, and so many others,

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