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Intersectionality Matters!

51. #SayHerName: I Am My Sister's Keeper

Intersectionality Matters!

Intersectionality Matters with Kimberlé Crenshaw

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4.7814 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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**TRIGGER WARNING -- THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DESCRIPTIONS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND SOUNDS OF GUNFIRE. PLEASE TAKE CARE WHILE LISTENING.** In this episode, the sisters of Atatiana Jefferson, Amber and Ashley Carr, share a portrait of Atatiana’s life. Atatiana was killed by former police officer Aaron Dean in 2019. He is currently on trial. Host Kimberlé Crenshaw reflects on the Mothers Network and the 8th anniversary of the #SayHerName campaign, which supports Amber, Ashley, and other mothers, sisters, aunts, and loved ones of Black women killed by police. She also reflects on the importance of using an intersectional race and gender lens as we demand police reform. Join us at the #SayHerName: Reclaiming Our Legacy event, where along with the #SayHerName Mothers Network we are looking forward to celebrating, reflecting and engaging in ritual to center the lives of women, girls, and femmes that should have been. Link to virtual attendance: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sayhername-8th-anniversary-tickets-470145436657 Read our #SayHerName report: https://www.aapf.org/sayhername This episode features: Amber and Ashley Carr, the sisters of Atatiana Jefferson, and members of the #SayHerName Mothers Network Find out more about The Atatiana Project https://www.atatianaproject.org/ Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks) Produced by Nicole Edwards Mixed by Sean Dunnam Support provided by Rebecca Scheckman, Kevin Minofu, Aniah Francis, Alex Van Biema, and Alisha Grech 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

1:16.6

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

1:22.6

from say her name in COVID, to the war on CRT and the global rise of fascism.

1:28.9

This idea travelogue lifts up the work of leading activists, artists, and scholars,

1:33.2

and helps listeners understand politics, the law, social movements, and even their own

1:39.8

lives in deeper, more nuanced ways.

1:54.9

She was a tomboy in a skirt because it said we were raised in skirts and dresses.

2:00.5

She was into sports, science, video gaming, for sure. She was a comedian, a really dry sense of you know, like only certain people could catch on.

2:07.6

Intellectual people could catch it.

2:10.6

Yeah. But she was really cool. She was like a rainbow and you can tell because her friends were rainbows.

2:18.6

She had friends from all over and all types of friends.

2:23.7

I'm Amber Carr, Tatiana Jefferson, who was shot and killed by police in Fort Worth,

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