Midterms Countdown: Will Vote Suppression Win or Will An Intersectional Clapback Against 45 Prevail?

Intersectionality Matters!

Intersectionality Matters with Kimberlé Crenshaw

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4.7 • 814 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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We're pleased to bring you a new podcast from AAPF and Kimberlé Crenshaw, Intersectionality Matters! Featuring on the ground interviews with some of the world's most innovative activists, artists, and scholars, each episode will explore a different topic through an intersectional lens, ranging from the Supreme Court to grassroots activism in Brazil and the Congo to #SayHerName and the future of the #MeToo campaign. Today we bring you a special preview episode in time for the midterm elections. We hope you enjoy it, and stay tuned for the official podcast release later this month! ~~~ Donald Trump’s path to power was littered with attacks on Muslims, women, immigrants, people of color, people with disabilities, people who are undocumented, and people who are queer. And these communities have suffered under his administration. The November 6th election presents an opportunity to put significant checks on Trumpism. There is no lack of clarity about what is at stake, but the ability to fight back effectively turns on the ability of all of these constituencies to see common cause and to overcome concerted efforts to keep them from voting. On this special preview of Intersectionality Matters!, we talk to two African American women leading the fight for our democracy: Barbara Arnwine, Founder of both the Transformative Justice Coalition and Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition; and Kristen Clarke, Executive Director of the Lawyer’s Committee on Civil Rights Under Law. Clarke is leading the court challenge against Georgia’s vote suppression tactics in the face of the historic campaign being waged by Stacey Abrams, a candidate who may make history by becoming the first African American woman to be elected governor. These eye-opening interviews by Kimberlé Crenshaw address critical issues presented in this election, and explore what more we must do after November 6th to ensure intersectional justice for all. ~~~ Music by Blue Dot Sessions Produced and Edited by Julia Sharpe-Levine Special thanks to Thea Chaloner, Alex Schein, Luke Charles Harris, Michael Kramer, Naimah Hakim, G'Ra Asim, Madeline Cameron Wardleworth, Kevin Minofu, Janine Jackson, and Abby Dobson. Kimberlé Crenshaw: @sandylocks African American Policy Forum: @aapolicyforum #IntersectionalityMatters

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0:00.0	I'm Kimberly Crenshaw, and this is intersectionality matters.
0:11.5	We're so excited to announce a new podcast from the African American Policy Forum, Intersectionality Matters.
0:19.5	The podcast will feature on-the the ground interviews from some of the
0:22.7	world's most innovative artists, activists, and scholars. Each episode will explore a different
0:28.8	topic or theme through an intersectional lens, ranging from the Supreme Court to grassroots
0:34.0	activism in Brazil and the Congo to say her name and the future of the Me Too campaign.
0:39.7	Today we bring you a special preview episode just in time for the midterm elections.
0:45.7	We hope you enjoy it.
0:50.5	So, as we go forward into 2018, let's honor Risi Taylor and Rosa Parks and the nameless
0:59.6	she rose on whose shoulders we stand. Find your inner black woman and vote. Vote.
1:10.4	So that was me in the 2018. And vote! Vote! Vote!
1:16.5	So that was me in the 2018, L.A. Women's March.
1:23.8	To be honest, I wasn't sure if the idea of channeling the inner black woman in these midterms made any sense.
1:26.8	Sometimes, you know, you can get caught up on a role.
1:29.5	I've been wondering whether it was merely rhetorical or whether it could really be seen as a call to action. So with the elections
1:35.6	coming up in a few days, I thought I'd check with two of the fiercest black women I know, women
1:40.7	who are on the front lines of the electoral struggle that's being waged right now, Barbara
1:45.6	Arnwein and Kristen Clark. I wanted to know what's going on on the ground, especially with all of the
1:52.9	disturbing news about vote suppression, and I wanted to know about the role of black women in
1:58.3	fighting back. If you want to know how to channel their insights at the
2:02.6	polls this Tuesday, stay with me for this very special conversation.
2:23.8	Barbara Arnwein is president and founder of the transformative justice coalition and has previously served as executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law for
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