Say Her Name: Movement Highlights Black Women Killed by Police, Gender-Based Violence
A Conversation with Co-Founder Kimberlé Crenshaw
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Kimberlé Crenshaw about the Say Her Name movement within the Black Lives Matter movement.
The SayHerName movement, co-founded by Kimberlé Crenshaw, amplifies the stories of Black women who have been killed by police or have experienced gender-based violence often overlooked amidst the larger Black Lives Matter movement. In a recent interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, Crenshaw sheds light on the movement's origins and its crucial role in addressing intersectionality.
Crenshaw explains that Say Her Name emerged as a response to the lack of attention paid to the specific experiences and deaths of Black women within the broader Black Lives Matter narrative. By highlighting their stories, the movement seeks to challenge the erasure and devaluation of Black women's lives within anti-racism efforts and to demand accountability for their deaths.
The interview also explores the complex intersection of race and gender in police brutality cases. Crenshaw emphasizes the unique vulnerabilities faced by Black women, who are more likely to be killed by law enforcement than white women and are often subjected to excessive force or violence based on stereotypes and assumptions about their behavior.
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