THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen: FIRST … Law Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw defined the concept of intersectionality 30 years ago. She developed that framework to understand how identities including race, gender and class intersect in overlapping systems of oppression and discrimination — resulting in compounded damage.Now, amidst COVID-19’s disparate impact, police murders and brutality against Black people and the uprising against white supremacy, Crenshaw raises her voice as a Black feminist and legal scholar. She discusses how intersectionality can be a vital tool for understanding, and transforming power imbalances.
In conversations via Haymarket Books, the African American Policy Forum, and Mitch Jeserich on Pacifica’s Letters and Politics.
AND … From Making Contact Radio – On the Brink: Homelessness before and during COVID-19. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. many of us were told to “shelter in place” in order to minimize the spread of disease. But, for a lot of people who are forced to live on the street, it’s not possible to just close the door and retreat into safety. Salima Hamirani hosts this segment about homelessness with reporter Lucy Kang, following two women in Oakland as they undergo several evictions. Then, it takes a look at how homeless communities are dealing with COVID-19. And finally, discusses market forces in the housing crisis and how to fight for “the right to housing” – with voices from a group of women called Reclaiming Our Homes, who took over empty homes in Los Angeles. And they’re modeled on a similar direct action that started in Oakland called Moms for Housing.
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