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.

This idea Trave-Log lifts up the work of leading activists, artists, and scholars, and helps listeners

understand politics, the law, social movements, and even their own lives in deeper, more nuanced

ways.

The one lesson from history that everyone should know is that just because you have restaurants

and bars and a salary doesn't mean you have freedom.

This is Jason Stanley.

Jason is a philosopher who's taught all over the world, most recently at Yale, and now at the University of Toronto.

They will tell you that you are free because you can go to the movies, because you can meet your friends at the restaurant.

But freedom means more than that.

He's also the author of the book Erasing History,

How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future.

If you're a longtime listener,

you'll know that Jason and I are both vocal proponents

of using history to understand the present.

The two of us have had many conversations over the years about dictatorships, fascism,

and how dangerous it is that so many people in America think that these are problems that

have nothing to do with us.

Freedom means not being afraid to say what you think about the state of the country on social media

to your friends and letters to the editor to your students.

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