29. Black Men For Trump?: The Overdue Conversation on Patriarchy & Misogynoir in Black Politics

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🗓️ 30 October 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In this “barbershop edition” of Intersectionality Matters, which was recorded live on October 28th, Kimberlé is joined by a panel of activists, scholars, and writers to discuss, patriarchy, misogynoir, and why a small but meaningful minority of Black men, including prominent celebrities like 50 Cent and Ice Cube, are choosing to support President Trump this election. Led by AAPF Co-Founder Luke Charles Harris, this roundtable conversation explores what genuine self-love looks like for Black men, the relationship between racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia in the Black community, and how we can imagine different, more empowering futures for ourselves and our communities. With:  WADE DAVIS - Former player and first LGBT inclusion consultant at the NFL LUKE CHARLES HARRIS - Co-founder, African American Policy Forum; Associate Professor, Vassar College KIESE LAYMON - Author of Heavy and Long Division; Professor, the University of Mississippi  MARLON PETERSON - Host of DEcarcerated Podcast; Author of Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist’s Freedom Song (upcoming) ALVIN STARKS - Director of the Equality Team, Open Society Foundations Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)  Produced by Julia Sharpe-Levine Edited by Asal Ehsanipour, Rebecca Scheckman, and Julia Sharpe-Levine  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. Register for free at Bitley slash Election 24 Road Ahead. That's Bitley
1:04.5	slash Election 24 Road Ahead. I'm Kimberly Crenshaw, and this is Intersectionality Matters, the podcast that brings
1:16.7	intersectionality to life by exploring the hidden dimensions of today's most pressing issues.
1:22.6	This idea travelogue lists up the work of leading activists, artists, and scholars and helps listeners understand
1:29.3	politics, the law, social movements, and even their own lives in deeper, more nuanced ways.
1:38.1	Good evening, everyone. I'm Kimberly Crenshaw, Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum,
1:45.7	together with the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies, we welcome you to the 18th episode of our
1:53.1	Under the Black Light series.
1:55.2	This one entitled Black Men Voting for Trump, The Overdue Conversation on patriarchy and misogy noir in black politics.
2:04.5	This evening, we'll be exploring a particularly hot topic judging from the tweets, the comments, and the phone calls that we've received so far.
2:13.6	So let me start here.
2:15.4	Only about a month ago, we learned from Channel 4 News. That's the same
2:19.4	British television station that broke the Cambridge Analytica scandal last year, that the
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