34. The Story Of Us (Part 1)

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Intersectionality Matters with Kimberlé Crenshaw

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🗓️ 20 March 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In part one of a special two-part episode that asks, “What’s the story of America, and how can it be told differently?” Kimberlé Crenshaw sits down with a panel of esteemed thinkers and storytellers to examine the origins, implications and failings of America’s grand narratives. The conversation delves into the stories that drove the January 6th attack on the Capitol, and those that informed liberal responses to it. How did the stories that shape our understanding of America get established in the first place, and what histories got buried in the process? In what ways have storytelling industries like Hollywood helped construct myths of American innocence? All that and more. With:  RUHA BENJAMIN- Professor of American Studies, Princeton University; Author, Race After Technology DAVID BLIGHT - Professor of American History, Yale University; Author, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom BRYAN STEVENSON - Founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative; Author, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption VIET THANH NGUYEN- Professor of American Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Southern California; Author, The Sympathizer Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)  Produced and edited by Julia Sharpe-Levine Support provided by Amarachi Anakaraonye, Rebecca Scheckman, Destiny Spruill, and 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.
1:15.6	The podcast that brings intersectionality to life by exploring the hidden dimensions of today's
1:21.7	most pressing issues, from say her name and Me Too, to the war on Civil Rights and the Global Rise of Fascism.
1:29.8	This is an idea travelogue.
1:31.9	It lifts up the work of leading activists, artists, and scholars,
1:36.1	and helps listeners understand politics, the law, social movements,
1:40.9	and even their own lives in deeper, more nuanced ways.
1:47.0	Where the fuck are they?
1:51.0	At its core, the January 6th Capitol insurrection was about stories, about the centuries-long battle over which stories get told.
2:00.0	If they don't fix the shit.
2:02.9	For the capital insurgents themselves, their story was,
2:09.2	we're defending the Republic, even if we have to kill people to do it.
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