“The effort to erase memory is probably the most fundamental tactic in the anti-woke book. It is why they are trying to ban books. It’s why they’re trying to attack the Smithsonian — we call it lovingly the Blacksonian. There are artifacts of the real history that we have lived that are undeniable indicators that race [and] racism have been real. They have been the pillars upon which this society has been built.”
Watch Kimberlé Crenshaw, a civil rights advocate and legal and critical race theory scholar, explain what you need to know about the concerted effort to erase the stories, histories, and voices of marginalized people and the importance of active resistance.
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