45. Was This the Last Black History Month?

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🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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In this episode, Kimberlé is joined by thought leaders Jelani Cobb, Sherrilyn Ifill, and Cornel West, who share their perspectives on the threats to Black history and realization of Black freedom. The conversation is anchored in the question, "Was 2022 the last Black History Month?” and makes explicit why we must to fight to ensure it was not. Revisiting the crucial insights they raised as part of the MasterClass series, “Black History, Black Freedom, and Black Love,” each guest discusses what lessons we can learn from Black history in this renewed period of racial backlash. With anti-Critical Race Theory bills assaulting curricula in classrooms and gagging conversations about racism across the country, this conversation addresses the urgent need to push back against the reconfiguration of right wing organizing. Having endured the first Black history month commemorated under the vice grip of this anti-truth campaign, this episode invites us into a timely conversation about the past, present, and future of our collective struggle. With: JELANI COBB - Professor, Columbia School of Journalism; Staff writer, New Yorker; Author, "The Matter of Black Lives: Writing From The New Yorker" SHERRILYN IFILL - Former President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Author, "On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-First Century" CORNEL WEST - Professor, Union Theological Seminary; Author, "Race Matters" and "Democracy Matters" Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks) Produced and edited by Julia Sharpe-Levine Co-produced by Ashley Julien Supported provided by Destiny Spruill, Rebecca Scheckman, 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,
0:08.0	91% of whom turned out for VP Harris, once again proved to be the most engaged, progressive,
0:14.0	and resilient voting bloc. 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 pundit
0:34.5	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.
0:45.3	Black women advocates, activists, and analysts will offer their side of the story about the election
0:51.3	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
1:16.3	intersectionality to life by exploring the hidden dimensions of today's most pressing issues,
1:22.3	from say her name in COVID to the war on CRT and the global rise of fascism.
1:28.5	This idea travelogue lifts up the work of leading activists, artists, and scholars
1:32.8	and helps listeners understand politics, the law, social movements, and even their own lives
1:39.8	in deeper, more nuanced ways.
1:50.0	Thank you. deeper, more nuanced ways. From its inception in 1972, Black History Month has taken place each February,
1:55.0	celebrating the myriad achievements of Black Americans
1:58.0	across our society in culture, democracy, and politics.
2:02.7	And during this year's celebrations, we witnessed another first when President Biden
2:07.6	nominated Judge Katanji Brown Jackson to sit on the Supreme Court, the first black woman
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