Unveiling the Untold Stories: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s Backtalker Challenges America’s Narrative
Reviewed by Chanda Daniels
When Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw said, “Perhaps mom had been right that backtalking might get me somewhere,” I began to reflect on all the honest conversations that landed on less than enthusiastic ears and where we would be without them.
As a fellow Black woman with an aversion to hypocrisy and injustice, it was transformative to read the journey of the scholar who coined the terms “intersectionality” and “critical race theory” in her memoir, Back Talker: An American Memoir (Simon & Schuster; May 2026).
