I'm Kimberly Crenshaw, and this is Intersectionality Matters, the podcast that brings intersectionality to life by exploring the hidden dimensions of today's most pressing issues, from say her name to the war on woke, DEI and CRT, and the global rise of fascism.

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A militant group in the South, with support from other major civil rights organizations,

is readying a massive program called the Mississippi Summer Project,

a campaign that may have no parallel since the days of reconstruction. The very fact that you're going to be in Mississippi, you could be arrested for having two feet.

You must be prepared to face continual and constant arrests.

The students are being recruited all over the United States from Harvard to Hawaii.

They will go to live in Mississippi this summer to fight for the Negro's civil rights.

Mississippi may have been the epicenter of white supremacy in 1964,

but today, Tennessee is the tip of the spear for reactionary efforts to undermine racial justice and democracy.

Last year, for example, conservative legislators

expelled two of their young black male colleagues for their role in a pro-gun control

demonstration on the House floor after a mass shooting. Senator London, let me start with you.

What is going through your mind as you are watching this unfold in the state capital in which you serve?

I'm right now sitting in my office just absolutely pissed at the mass display of racism that you just experienced by watching the expulsion of two black men who were sent here overwhelmingly voted by their district,

and they expelled them for speaking out against gun violence, but they kept the white woman in

office who was just as guilty of speaking out against gun violence. What we're seeing now is a

political lynching of people who are speaking up for victims in this state.

Tennessee has also been at the forefront of anti-CRT and LGBTQ hostile legislation.

I'm delighted to be joined by one of those brave Tennessee politicians, Tennessee Representative Justin Jones,

representing District 52 52 in Nashville.

We're also sitting down to tell folks what we're up against and why we are channeling the spirit

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