31. #TruthBeTold: The Destructiveness of Trump's Equity Gag Order & What Biden Must Do Now
In this episode, Kimberlé is joined by a panel of scholars and civil rights leaders to explore the impact of the Trump administration’s “Equity Gag Order,” and the president’s crusade against racial justice and gender equity. The conversation includes insights from leaders of the National Fair Housing Alliance and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund about how the Equity Gag Order’s list of “prohibited concepts” has impaired their work, as well as a discussion of the importance of narrative and storytelling and how the Trump administration has engaged in historical revisionism in their attacks on racial. As the panelists explore how we can fight back against the Equity Gag Order and how to pressure the Biden administration to rescind it on day one, they also place the order in historical context as part of a long tradition of state repression of civil rights movements.
With:
CAROL ANDERSON - Professor of African American Studies, Emory; Author, White Rage
RACHEL GODSIL - Professor of Law, Rutgers; Co-Founder, Perception Institute
LAURA GOMEZ - Endowed Chair at UCLA Law; Professor in Sociology, Chicana & Chicano studies
CHARLES R. LAWRENCE III - Professor, William S. Richardson School of Law; Critical Race Theory pioneer
JANAI NELSON - Associate Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF)
LISA RICE - President and CEO, National Fair Housing Alliance
Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)
Produced by Julia Sharpe-Levine
Edited by Julia Sharpe-Levine and Rebecca Scheckman
Additional support provided by the African American Policy Forum
Music by Blue Dot Sessions
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