Check out the free https://amerex.substack.com/ (America Explained newsletter) for occasional written posts on the big issues in U.S. politics and foreign policy and no extra spam Intersectionality and critical race theory have become big issues in American politics in recent years. But watching that "debate" - if we can even call it that - has not been a great way to get informed about what these topics mean and what their history is. In this episode I clear it up with Shanah Khan, coordinator of Intersecting Madrid and a researcher into U.S. intersectionality issues. https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intersectmadrid.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ca.j.gawthorpe%40hum.leidenuniv.nl%7C9d9b7a0c9b73480c87dc08da10dbd6b1%7Cca2a7f76dbd74ec091086b3d524fb7c8%7C0%7C0%7C637840834195170108%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=Y8r%2BC%2F5b2z9u5S%2F3nyGAQX2f4wzn7jbSgQH8J%2FoWiA4%3D&reserved=0 (Shanah's organization, Intersect Madrid). https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Fshow%2F40xmURCXx49tFObn9aTSei%3Fsi%3DaCKICDsCSTObTWv_LJriqA&data=04%7C01%7Ca.j.gawthorpe%40hum.leidenuniv.nl%7C9d9b7a0c9b73480c87dc08da10dbd6b1%7Cca2a7f76dbd74ec091086b3d524fb7c8%7C0%7C0%7C637840834195170108%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=Ccn2M9DXUkk%2FWpCfbD1OgHyMfmYknXUqckyrKKk2%2B%2FM%3D&reserved=0 (Shanah's podcast). Credits Host - Andy Gawthorpe