I’ve been thinking a lot about the current literal Hollywood fanfare over the movement to combat sexual harassment and assault, and I’m reminded of the words of wisdom shared by Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw while speaking on a panel at the CUNY Graduate Center (along with Ai-jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance; Author Barbara Ehrenreich, Professor Frances Fox Piven, and moderated by Laura Flanders) titled, “Insurgency from Below: Activism in the Trump Era.” I have been a fan of Professor Crenshaw’s work since my freshman year in college when I bought the book, “Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement” (otherwise known as the Bible of race and law studies to lawyers/social justice advocates alike). I would skip classes at UC San Diego to hear her speak at UCLA where she taught classes on critical race studies, gender and diversity. She is the founder of the theory of intersectionality, which is currently being co-opted by the modern-day women’s rights movement as if it some new idea (😒). But Professor Crenshaw’s message hasn’t changed in the over 30+ years she’s been an attorney/scholar. And that is, we cannot begin to have discussions about class without talking about race and gender. Similarly, we can’t talk about gender without taking about race and class. And, in the same vein, we can’t talk about race without talking about gender and class...💁🏿♀️ . . . #kimberlecrenshaw #professoroflaw #intersectionality #feminism #ucla #cunygraduatecenter #columbiauniversity #founderofintersectionaltheory #intersectionalfeminism #criticalracetheory #raceandlaw #raceandgender #raceandequality #raceclassgender #genderandthelaw #aijenpoo #barbaraehrenreich #francesfoxpiven #socialjusticeactivism #resisttrump #fucktrump #impeachtrump (at The Graduate Center, CUNY)
