{"id":347657,"date":"2026-05-29T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kimberle-crenshaw-we-must-stand-up-to-authoritarianism\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:00:08","slug":"kimberle-crenshaw-we-must-stand-up-to-authoritarianism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kimberle-crenshaw-we-must-stand-up-to-authoritarianism\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw: We must stand up to authoritarianism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/-8pJ9wBdTbY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw: We must stand up to authoritarianism\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-8pJ9wBdTbY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>In this episode of Ways to Change the World, Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw, one of the most influential thinkers on race who coined the term intersectionality. Crenshaw has spent decades challenging how we understand inequality \u2014 and why it persists today.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Crenshaw\u2019s new memoir, Backtalker, is a blunt origin story: of the lived experiences that shaped her work \u2014 from childhood moments of exclusion to confronting discrimination at Harvard, and the early instincts that led her to question power.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation explores the growing backlash against her ideas, from political attacks on critical race theory to efforts to erase or distort the language of inequality. Crenshaw argues that this is not just a cultural debate, but a fight over history, truth and democracy itself.<\/p>\n<p>Her solution is as simple as it is risky: talk back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of Ways to Change the World, Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw, one of the most influential thinkers on race who coined the term intersectionality. Crenshaw has spent decades challenging how we understand inequality \u2014 and why it persists today. 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