The Oberlin Review · Oberlin, KS
Foundational Critical Race Theorist Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw Draws Over 400 People to Oberlin Lecture
On Monday, Nov. 9, globally recognized public intellectual Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw delivered a lecture to an audience of roughly 400 people at the Carnegie Building Root Room. The lecture was facilitated by Associate Professor of Sociology and Executive Director of the Oberlin Center for DEI Innovation and Leadership Dr. JeffriAnne Wilder. It was one of the most widely attended lecture events at Oberlin over the past decade. Crenshaw, who teaches at the UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School, is a legal scholar on civil rights. Her social justice work is widely recognized, and she is best known for her development of critical race theory and intersectional theory. Intersectionality is a conceptual tool to understand how race, gender, class, and sexuality overlap and interact with each other in different contexts, leading to oppression, privilege, or power. Wilder and Dr.