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Intersectionality Matters!

Coming Soon - United States of Amnesia: The Real History of Critical Race Theory

Intersectionality Matters!

Intersectionality Matters with Kimberlé Crenshaw

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4.7814 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

In a new series, host Kimberlé Crenshaw takes listeners on a journey through the real history of critical race theory (CRT). She explores the "anti-CRT" legislative attacks against public education, and as a founding critical race theorist, Prof. Crenshaw provides a first-hand account of the origin of the theory, from its inception at Harvard Law School to the current backlash against it. Through interviews with thought leaders, activists, academics and the communities affected by anti-CRT and anti-DEI legislation, in this series, Kimberlé Crenshaw uplifts the cycles of history we see repeating before us in the present day, all in the hopes of curing the amnesia that keeps us stuck in the cycles of history.

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0:00.0

Kimberly Crenshaw and the African American Policy Forum are back at Sundance Film Festival for the fifth year in a row hosting the acclaimed event, The Story of Us.

0:11.6

On January 25th at 2 p.m., Professor Crenshaw will be joined on stage by an exciting roster of performers and activists to break down the role of artists in the age of censorship.

0:22.6

And you're invited. Join us for free to learn more about how storytelling and film shape our

0:27.7

idea of who we are as a nation and hear about the history of rebellious storytellers who have

0:33.2

used film to fight back against systemic oppression, speaking truth to power.

0:38.6

Register now at Bitley slash The Story of Us 2025 underscore AAPF.

0:45.5

That's Bitley slash the Story of Us 2025 underscore AAPF.

1:00.0

If you really want to understand critical race theory, you have to go back in time. Because it's not just an idea taught in law schools.

1:04.0

It's a movement, a way of seeing the world that started on a college campus over 30 years ago.

1:10.0

We knew that there was a lot of hostility around us,

1:14.6

but we were strong and we were fearless.

1:17.6

We needed to know each other because we were going into battle together.

1:22.6

Somewhere along the way, the real meaning of CRT was warped.

1:27.8

Getting critical race theory out of our schools is not just a matter of values, it's also

1:33.6

a matter of national survival.

1:37.0

The critics who say CRT is a threat to the survival of the nation are speaking in code.

1:43.4

What they really mean is that it's a threat to white supremacy.

1:47.7

Just because I do not want critical race theory taught to my children in school does not mean that I'm a racist, damn it?

1:58.6

There's an entire industry behind the campaign to make Americans think that CRT is divisive.

2:05.7

I started researching the connections amongst anti-affirmative action activists because they were a rather odd bunch.

2:14.1

Even though the political chaos around CRT is only a few years old,

2:18.3

what's happening today is part of a familiar playbook,

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