Professor at Columbia Law School - Kimberle Crenshaw

Published: Oct. 12, 2018, 11:55 a.m.

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The United States of America is a republic divided. The Trump presidency has exposed fissures that run along lines of race, gender, education, and culture. In next month\\u2019s mid-term elections the fight for political power will be between the two traditional parties, Republican and Democrat, but perhaps a different sort of activism is needed to deliver real change? HARDtalk\\u2019s Stephen Sackur speaks to Kimberl\\xe9 Crenshaw - a professor of law, a social activist and influential advocate of the idea of intersectionality. Is it the group, not the individual that matters most in today\\u2019s America?

Image: Kimberl\\xe9 Crenshaw (Credit: Getty Images)

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