<p>“Intersectionality” was one of those “DEI terms” that the Trump administration and Project 2025 were eager to do away with once they got back into power. But to understand what just happened to the Voting Rights Act, a little critical race theory would go a long way.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Guest: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw</a>, civil rights advocate, co-founder and executive director of the <a href="https://www.aapf.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">African American Policy Forum</a> (AAPF), law professor at <a href="https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/kimberle-w-crenshaw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UCLA</a> and <a href="https://www.law.columbia.edu/faculty/kimberle-w-crenshaw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Columbia</a>, and author of many books including <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/untitled-nonfiction-pp-to-be-confirmed-simon-schuster/24cb83647fe85ec4?ean=9781982181000&amp;next=t&amp;next=t&amp;affiliate=1688" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Backtalker: An American Memoir</em></a><em>.</em></p><br><p>Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at<a href="http://slate.com/whatnextplus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> slate.com/whatnextplus</a> to get access wherever you listen.</p><br><p>Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>