

But the whole issue of this radical women’s collective, really coining the term “identity politics,” taking on the issue of intersectionality, and this was 40 years ago.

If you could talk about who the Combahee River Collective is? And we’ll do a post-show after this, because we have to go longer than we have time for. KEEANGA- YAMAHTTA TAYLOR: It’s terrible, terrible news.ĪMY GOODMAN: How We Get Free, your book. KEEANGA- YAMAHTTA TAYLOR: Yeah, I had no idea.ĪMY GOODMAN: I’m sorry to break that to you. I’m sorry, because I had the sense from your sigh, Keeanga, you just heard that Julius Lester died. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman, as we continue our conversation with our guest, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor of African American studies at Princeton University, out with a new book, How We Get Free.
