Encore: Kimberlé Crenshaw On The Importance Of Intersectionality

This is a special encore edition of Under the Radar with Callie Crossley. This segment originally aired on October 15, 2017.

Intersectionality may be a buzz word in the news, personal essays and protest marches now, but it wasn’t a well-known concept until scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw developed and presented the theory in the 1980s. Crenshaw is a leading scholar in the fields of critical race theory and women’s studies, and a law professor at UCLA and Columbia University.

As a result of the excellence of her work, Crenshaw was awarded the 2017 Gittler Prize from Brandeis University, which is granted to scholars whose work makes a lasting contribution to racial, ethnic or religious relations. This is the latest of Crenshaw's awards and honors which include a fellowship at Stanford, two professor of the year awards at UCLA, a spot on Ebony's Power 100 and the number one spot on Ms. magazine's feminist heroes of 2015.

In our conversation 3 years ago Crenshaw explained her theory of intersectionality, and how has it evolved and grown outside of the scholastic world.

Later in the show:

This is a special encore edition of Under the Radar with Callie Crossley. This segment originally aired on June 19, 2020.

In Black families, it’s known as “The Talk” — the discussion Black parents have with their kids about what to do should they end up in an interaction with a police officer. "The Talk" took on a new poignancy in 2020 on Father’s Day as the nation mourned George Floyd, killed at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, and demonstrators protested the police killings of unarmed black men.

Guests:

Emmett G. Price III, professor of worship, church and culture, and founding executive director of the Institute for the Study of the Black Christian Experience at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Matt Prestbury, founder of the Black Fathers Foundation, creator of the Black Fathers Facebook group, and educator in the Howard County public school system.

Show Credits:

Under the Radar with Callie Crossley is a production of GBH, produced by Hannah Uebele and engineered by Dave Goodman.

Our theme music is FISH AND CHIPS by #weare2saxys’, Grace Kelly and Leo P.