Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, Alice Hasters, Cengiz Barskanmaz
On Justice #10: Racial (In)Justice in Authoritarian Times
- Dialogue
English /
approx. 90 mins.
Kimberlé W. Crenshaw is one of the most influential thinkers of our time. As a co-founder of Critical Race Theory, she played a pivotal role in coining the term “intersectionality” in 1989, thereby highlighting the overlap between various forms of inequality and discrimination – such as racism, sexism and classism – and making history in the process.
At HAU, she will be in conversation with the award-winning author of “Anti Opfer”, Alice Hasters, and the lawyer Cengiz Barskanmaz. The publicist Alice Hasters writes and publishes primarily on identity, racism, feminism and intersectionality. Cengiz Barskanmaz specialises in law and anti-discrimination and is the author of “Recht und Rassismus: Das menschenrechtliche Verbot der Diskriminierung aufgrund der Rasse” (“Law and Racism: The Human Rights Prohibition of Discrimination on the Basis of Race”).
At the heart of their discussion is the intensifying attack on intersectional anti-discrimination policies against a backdrop of authoritarian tendencies in the US and Germany. Crenshaw describes how exclusionary nationalism, securitisation and the suppression of protests, as well as anti-migration policies, are exacerbating long-standing racial inequalities. At the same time, the scope for academic freedom and civil society is shrinking, and the very legal frameworks designed to combat racial inequalities are being curtailed. The architecture of this legal and discursive regression is analysed and also placed in the context of Crenshaw’s recently published memoir, “Backtalker: An American Memoir”.
Kimberlé W. Crenshaw is a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, Black feminist legal theory, race, racism, and the law. She was a founder and has been a leader in the intellectual movement called Critical Race Theory and is also known for introducing and developing the concept of intersectionality. She is a Distinguished Professor of Law and the Promise Institute Chair in Human Rights at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, and the co-founder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum. Crenshaw writes regularly for “The New Republic”, “The Nation”, and “Ms.”, hosts the podcast “Intersectionality Matters!”, and has appeared as a commentator on media outlets including MSNBC and NPR.
Alice Hasters is an author and cultural critic. She published the books “Was weiße Menschen nicht über Rassismus hören wollen, aber wissen sollten” (2019, hanserblau), “Identitätskrise” (2023, hanserblau) and “Anti Opfer. Warum wir Verletzlichkeit verachten” (2026, Ullstein). As an editor, she worked for “Tagesschau” and “Jetzt mal konkret” (rbb) until 2021, and as host of “Einhundert – Storys mit Alice Hasters” (Dlf Nova) until 2022. Together with her friend Maxi Häcke, she has been producing and hosting the podcast “Feuer & Brot” since 2016, covering current topics in pop culture, politics, and society.
Prof. Dr. Cengiz Barskanmaz, LL.M. is Professor of Law and Social Work at the University of Applied Sciences in Fulda, his area of expertise include: Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Non-Discrimination Law, Critical Race Theory, Racism, Postcolonialism, and Intersectionality. His current research examines racism and structural discrimination in the criminal justice system.
Dates
Current
Price: 18 €, reduced 12 €
Credits
A discourse series by HAU Hebbel am Ufer in cooperation with the ECCHR (European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights). Funded within the framework of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
Location
HAU1
Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Access to the Parkett by means of a separate entrance with lift when necessary. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available.
