[Deanna Cahoon-Draus]

Thank you Stacey for all the knowledge you have been sharing on Black History Month! I have enjoyed reading the posts you have been sharing and am looking forward listening to this podcast.

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Deanna Cahoon-Draus
University Center Programs Specialist
University of Wisconsin River Falls
River Falls, WI
University Center Programs Specialist
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-07-2023 19:06
From: Stacey Givens
Subject: Who is Kimberle Crenshaw?

Hello everyone,

For today’s Black History Month historical spotlight, meet Kimberle Crenshaw. 

In 1989, Ms. Crenshaw wrote, “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics,” which was published in the University of Chicago Legal Forum. In this piece, Ms. Crenshaw introduces and unpacks her oft-quoted term, intersectionality, positing the “problematic consequence of the tendency to treat race and gender as mutually exclusive categories of experience and analysis.”

Law professor, author, and host of the podcast, Intersectionality Matters, Ms. Crenshaw dropped an episode last April entitled, “Was this the last Black History Month?” She was joined by Sherrilyn Ifill, Jelani Cobb, and Cornel West in a riveting discussion on CRT, DEI, current and past legislation, and all things in between. It’s worth a listen. 

Be well,

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Stacey Givens
Director of Strategic Initiatives and Senior Diversity Officer
ACUI
Bloomington IN
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