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A legal scholar and 'Backtalker' defends critical race theory -- a term she helped coin

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw helped name two contested ideas in U.S. politics — intersectionality and critical race theory. Her memoir chronicles the personal and legal framework for her thinking.

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A legal scholar and 'Backtalker' defends critical race theory -- a term she helped coin
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Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is a professor of law at UCLA and Columbia Law School and the founder of the African American Policy Forum.

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw helped name two contested ideas in U.S. politics — intersectionality and critical race theory. Her memoir chronicles the personal and legal framework for her thinking.

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