African American Policy Forum
@aapf.org
Think tank focused on intersectionality, anti-racism and democracy
Co-founded & led by @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social
Home to #SayHerName & #BlackGirlsMatter
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Co-founded & led by @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social
Home to #SayHerName & #BlackGirlsMatter
https://linktr.ee/AAPolicyForum
May Claudette Colvin's memory continue to be an inspiration to us all.
Breaking news: Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, died at 86.
Claudette Colvin, civil rights pioneer on a Montgomery bus, dies at 86
Nine months before Rosa Parks made history, Ms. Colvin refused to give up her seat on a segregated city bus. She became a star witness in a civil rights case.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:59 PM
May Claudette Colvin's memory continue to be an inspiration to us all.
a must read ⬇️
Rep. Rosa DeLauro joins us to write about the dismantling of the Department of Education. "The Trump administration’s plan is to re-disorganize education policy."
prospect.org/2026/01/13/t...
prospect.org/2026/01/13/t...
The Trump Administration Plot to Destroy Public Education - The American Prospect
Officials claim that dismantling the Department of Education will improve efficiency. It isn’t true.
prospect.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
a must read ⬇️
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keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
capitalbnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
the racism is the point
STUNNING: Nearly a year since President Donald Trump took office, his education department’s Office for Civil Rights has not entered into a single new resolution agreement involving racial harassment of students, we found.
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Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
the racism is the point
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If I had to say what segments of American life have taken the most serious blows, I think science, civil service, black women (and nondiscrimination law more broadly) and trans people might be my top four.
The damage being done to US science will take a generation to repair, if it is ever repaired at all,
Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli aren't bringing "gold standard science" to the #NIH, they are gutting research slowly but surely. When this time is over, they should be hauled before Congress, and shunned for the rest of their lives. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If I had to say what segments of American life have taken the most serious blows, I think science, civil service, black women (and nondiscrimination law more broadly) and trans people might be my top four.
We're bringing together a star-studded Broadway cast on Monday night to perform a reading of our #SayHerName play, honoring and fundraising to sustain our critical #SayHerName work. If you're in NYC, we would love to see you at The Atlantic Theater for an incredible night of art and remembrance.
#SayHerName 11th Anniversary: Bridges & Gatherings
Join us for a fundraiser and stage Reading of the #SayHerName Play: The Lives That Should Have Been
www.eventbrite.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We're bringing together a star-studded Broadway cast on Monday night to perform a reading of our #SayHerName play, honoring and fundraising to sustain our critical #SayHerName work. If you're in NYC, we would love to see you at The Atlantic Theater for an incredible night of art and remembrance.
Racism and democracy are incompatible—the conservatives on the Supreme Court know this and the result of that knowledge has been a sustained, wholesale dismantling of voting rights. There is no fight more important than the fight for voting rights, and we must shine a light on the strategy at play.
Pretty notable, in my view, that Kagan points out the Supreme Court's pro-gerrymandering decision in Texas is a step-by-step instruction manual for states to draw discriminatory maps while ducking judicial review, and the majority has...nothing to say in response www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![Texas is not on “the eve of an election,” as was true in the
case the majority cites. Republican National Committee v.
Democratic National Committee, 589 U. S. 423, 424 (2020)
(per curiam); see ante, at 2. The election there was five days
after the injunction. Similarly, the election in Purcell was
“just weeks” away. 549 U. S., at 4. Here, Election Day is
eleven months from now. Even the primary election (which
Texas could change) is in March. The District Court care-
fully listed the various “election preparations” underway to
switch to the 2025 map. App. 144. On the other hand, the
court noted how the 2021 map—which the injunction rein-
stated—was, in a real sense, the status quo. See id., at 145.
Officials, candidates, and voters are all familiar with it from
the last two election cycles. Until late last summer, every-
one expected that map to govern 2026 too. And indeed, it
will be used in a special runoff election in the State’s largest
county on January 31, 2026. So, the District Court properly
concluded, “[a]n injunction in this case would not cause sig-
nificant disruption.” Id., at 144. Except to the extent all of
us live in election season all the time, the 2026 congres-
sional election is not well underway.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpna2qi2e44fafbhhtqjak3x/bafkreifzzrhpyftoam4b4eqcpdcegf2hksn4ula6rwbtv6fqwviqfgikte@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Racism and democracy are incompatible—the conservatives on the Supreme Court know this and the result of that knowledge has been a sustained, wholesale dismantling of voting rights. There is no fight more important than the fight for voting rights, and we must shine a light on the strategy at play.
Books are being banned. Histories erased. Authoritarianism is on the rise. AAPF's mission and work is more needed than ever. This #GivingTuesday, we hope you will join us in the fight for racial justice and equal opportunity by supporting our research, initiatives and programming: aapf.kindful.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Books are being banned. Histories erased. Authoritarianism is on the rise. AAPF's mission and work is more needed than ever. This #GivingTuesday, we hope you will join us in the fight for racial justice and equal opportunity by supporting our research, initiatives and programming: aapf.kindful.com
Books are being banned. Histories erased. Authoritarianism rising. AAPF is pushing back and keeping racial justice at the center of the fight for democracy. Your #GivingTuesday support helps us keep the freedom to learn alive.
Donate Here: www.aapf.org/donate
Donate Here: www.aapf.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Books are being banned. Histories erased. Authoritarianism rising. AAPF is pushing back and keeping racial justice at the center of the fight for democracy. Your #GivingTuesday support helps us keep the freedom to learn alive.
Donate Here: www.aapf.org/donate
Donate Here: www.aapf.org/donate
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🚨NEW🚨 report from @aapf.org
Donald Trump’s second administration has targeted equal opportunity and civil rights with a specific focus on undoing progress for Black Americans. Anti-Blackness Is the Point
examines the four principal components of the attack.
drive.google.com/file/d/1PGDX...
Donald Trump’s second administration has targeted equal opportunity and civil rights with a specific focus on undoing progress for Black Americans. Anti-Blackness Is the Point
examines the four principal components of the attack.
drive.google.com/file/d/1PGDX...
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
🚨NEW🚨 report from @aapf.org
Donald Trump’s second administration has targeted equal opportunity and civil rights with a specific focus on undoing progress for Black Americans. Anti-Blackness Is the Point
examines the four principal components of the attack.
drive.google.com/file/d/1PGDX...
Donald Trump’s second administration has targeted equal opportunity and civil rights with a specific focus on undoing progress for Black Americans. Anti-Blackness Is the Point
examines the four principal components of the attack.
drive.google.com/file/d/1PGDX...
Mark your calendars!
Next Wednesday, December 3rd 7:00 PM ET on zoom, AAPF returns for a critical public conversation on our new report, Anti-Blackness Is the Point: Racism, Misogyny, and Donald Trump’s Assault on Equal Opportunity.
Register Here: www.eventbrite.com/e/utb-racism...
Next Wednesday, December 3rd 7:00 PM ET on zoom, AAPF returns for a critical public conversation on our new report, Anti-Blackness Is the Point: Racism, Misogyny, and Donald Trump’s Assault on Equal Opportunity.
Register Here: www.eventbrite.com/e/utb-racism...
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Mark your calendars!
Next Wednesday, December 3rd 7:00 PM ET on zoom, AAPF returns for a critical public conversation on our new report, Anti-Blackness Is the Point: Racism, Misogyny, and Donald Trump’s Assault on Equal Opportunity.
Register Here: www.eventbrite.com/e/utb-racism...
Next Wednesday, December 3rd 7:00 PM ET on zoom, AAPF returns for a critical public conversation on our new report, Anti-Blackness Is the Point: Racism, Misogyny, and Donald Trump’s Assault on Equal Opportunity.
Register Here: www.eventbrite.com/e/utb-racism...
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"Dogs don't bark at parked cars" is an all-time great line
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Dogs don't bark at parked cars" is an all-time great line
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"Black women are disproportionately working-class. So if it was really about class, explain to me why Black women understood exactly what he [Trump] was going to do, which is make life harder for working-class people," says Kimberlé Crenshaw. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Black women are disproportionately working-class. So if it was really about class, explain to me why Black women understood exactly what he [Trump] was going to do, which is make life harder for working-class people," says Kimberlé Crenshaw. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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"Some progressives talk about class without talking about race--the [white] steelworker in Ohio. Telling the white working-class, 'We’re with you, we haven’t abandoned you,' reinforces the idea that people of color are not working class," says Kimberlé Crenshaw. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"Some progressives talk about class without talking about race--the [white] steelworker in Ohio. Telling the white working-class, 'We’re with you, we haven’t abandoned you,' reinforces the idea that people of color are not working class," says Kimberlé Crenshaw. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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I highly recommend this bone-chilling, comprehensive and urgent @aapf.org report on the Trump regime's deadly anti-Black ideas and policies. The MSM @nytimes.com and @wapopitchbot.bsky.social have failed us profoundly in not recognizing anti-Blackness as a driving force of MAGA.
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I highly recommend this bone-chilling, comprehensive and urgent @aapf.org report on the Trump regime's deadly anti-Black ideas and policies. The MSM @nytimes.com and @wapopitchbot.bsky.social have failed us profoundly in not recognizing anti-Blackness as a driving force of MAGA.
Our executive director @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social is LIVE NOW with the @newrepublic.com's @perrybaconjr.bsky.social
to talk about the intersections of anti-Black racism and Donald Trump's attacks on democracy. Join live here ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
to talk about the intersections of anti-Black racism and Donald Trump's attacks on democracy. Join live here ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
The New Republic | Substack
Ideas. Influence. Impact.
TNR is a leader in the continuing fight for American democracy and a must-read if you want to know the ideas impacting politics and culture today. Click to read The New Repu...
newrepublic.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Our executive director @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social is LIVE NOW with the @newrepublic.com's @perrybaconjr.bsky.social
to talk about the intersections of anti-Black racism and Donald Trump's attacks on democracy. Join live here ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
to talk about the intersections of anti-Black racism and Donald Trump's attacks on democracy. Join live here ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
Our executive director @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social is live NOW with @joyannreid.bsky.social talking about how the Trump administration is leveraging racism to undermine democracy. Tune in! www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Ry...
Dementia Don Threatens Dems | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
YouTube video by The Joy Reid Show
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November 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Our executive director @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social is live NOW with @joyannreid.bsky.social talking about how the Trump administration is leveraging racism to undermine democracy. Tune in! www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Ry...
It's clear we lose incredibly necessary perspective and essential questions do go unasked and unanswered. Black journalists are critical to newsrooms. They bring talent, skill and perspective that not only make news organizations stronger but also broaden public understanding.
"What necessary perspectives do we lose, and what questions go unasked and unanswered, when Black journalists are among the first to be seen as disposable on a masthead?" www.refinery29.com/en-us/black-...
Where Have All The Black Journalists Gone?
In the wake of the Teen Vogue layoffs and the rollback of DEI initiatives in media, we have to ask: what necessary perspectives do we lose, and what questions go unasked and unanswered, when Black jou...
www.refinery29.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It's clear we lose incredibly necessary perspective and essential questions do go unasked and unanswered. Black journalists are critical to newsrooms. They bring talent, skill and perspective that not only make news organizations stronger but also broaden public understanding.
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Thank you, @aapf.org for an excellent forum with heavyweights Kimberle Crenshaw, Carol Anderson, and Nancy MacLean.
The second installment in our series “Why Authoritarian Fear Democracy” was a huge success!
We're honored to be conversation with @janainelson.bsky.social, @nancymaclean.bsky.social and Professor Carol Anderson.
The work continues.
We're honored to be conversation with @janainelson.bsky.social, @nancymaclean.bsky.social and Professor Carol Anderson.
The work continues.
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Thank you, @aapf.org for an excellent forum with heavyweights Kimberle Crenshaw, Carol Anderson, and Nancy MacLean.
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BREAKING: Newly released data from the federal government shows 91,000 Black women became unemployed in September 2025. www.bls.gov/news.release...
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
BREAKING: Newly released data from the federal government shows 91,000 Black women became unemployed in September 2025. www.bls.gov/news.release...
The second installment in our series “Why Authoritarian Fear Democracy” was a huge success!
We're honored to be conversation with @janainelson.bsky.social, @nancymaclean.bsky.social and Professor Carol Anderson.
The work continues.
We're honored to be conversation with @janainelson.bsky.social, @nancymaclean.bsky.social and Professor Carol Anderson.
The work continues.
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The second installment in our series “Why Authoritarian Fear Democracy” was a huge success!
We're honored to be conversation with @janainelson.bsky.social, @nancymaclean.bsky.social and Professor Carol Anderson.
The work continues.
We're honored to be conversation with @janainelson.bsky.social, @nancymaclean.bsky.social and Professor Carol Anderson.
The work continues.
