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Uncle Joe

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Wed May 6, 2026, 11:46 AM 3 hrs ago

"Backtalker": Kimberl Crenshaw on New Memoir, Voting Rights, Critical Race Theory & Clarence Thomas



Leading scholar in the field of critical race theory Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term "intersectionality," which she has described as a "lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects." Crenshaw, a professor of law at UCLA and Columbia University and executive director of the African American Policy Forum, has just published a new book, "Backtalker: An American Memoir."
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