Unveiling the Untold Stories: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s Backtalker Challenges America’s Narrative
The memoir itself feels like the next important act of backtalking.
In the context of where we are in America, today, Crenshaw’s concepts are the hottest debate, centered in censorship and rewriting history. She uses her writing to show that while you can try to ban words and manipulate history, the truth will be memorialized. When the goal is to erase and silence, this memoir is a triumph in standing in the place others aren’t willing to go, forcing her identity, and so many other Black women like mine, to be seen. A backtalker like her wouldn’t do anything less.
