Critical race theory
Intellectual movement and framework
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| June 2025 | Announced in an interview with Portuguese newspaper Expresso that her columns from 2019 to 2024 will be published in two volumes by publishing house Caminho, with the first volume to be unveiled at the Lisbon Book Fair. |
| 2025 | Co-authored 'Truth Matters' with Robert P. George, indicating ongoing intellectual collaboration and engagement with contemporary discourse. |
| 2025 | Named recipient of a Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in the non-fiction category. |
| 2024 | Visited the Saramago Foundation in Portugal and launched the translation of 'Cartas para Minha Avó' with publisher Caminho. |
| 2024 | Invited to teach for a semester at New York University (NYU) at the Andrés Bello Chair. |
| 2024 | Participated in teacher training sessions with public school educators in Brazil. |
| 2024 | Her book Lugar de Fala was translated into English and published as 'Where We Stand' by Yale University Press, featuring a foreword by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. |
| 2024 | Appointed as a board member for Fundação Padre Anchieta, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, and the University of São Paulo Endowment Fund. |
| 2024 | Began shooting a documentary with Nicole Gullane about her life. |
| 2024 | Delivered the keynote lecture at the Universidade do Estado da Bahia during the launch of the play adaptation of Pequeno Manual Antirracista. |
| 2024 | Attended the Lisbon Book Fair and Nairobi Book Fair. |
| 2024 | Awarded the prestigious John Hope Franklin Prize by the Law and Society Association, acknowledging her significant contributions to legal scholarship. |
| 2024 | Cornel West ran as an independent candidate in the United States presidential election. |
| November 2024 | Spent a week in Araraquara, São Paulo, as the featured writer at the Feira Literária da Morada do Sol, where she reconnected with writer Ignácio de Loyola Brandão. |
| August 2024 | Cornel West and his running mate Melina Abdullah were disqualified from the 2024 Michigan presidential election ballot. |
| February 1 2024 | West announced the establishment of the Justice For All Party (JFA), aimed at securing ballot access in select states including Florida, North Carolina, and Washington. |
| 2023 | Received an honorary degree from Smith College, recognizing her significant contributions to public health and social justice. |
| 2023 |
Claire Jean Kim
Published 'Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World' through Cambridge University Press, critically analyzing the positioning of Asian Americans within racial dynamics.
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| 2023 | Moved the Instituto into a building in Moema, São Paulo, with support from administrative director Maurício Rocha. |
| 2023 | Joined the Candomblé terreiro Ilé Àse Olùwáiyè Ni Oya, led by Mãe Márcia de Obaluayê. |
| 2023 | Developed institutional initiatives with Formula 1 Grand Prix and Escola do Mecânico to train women in mechanics, sheet metal work, and forklift operation. |
| 2023 | Became the first Brazilian to speak at the UN General Assembly's Day of Remembrance for the Abolition of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, a significant milestone in the fight against racism. |
| 2023 | Appeared on PodPah, one of Brazil's largest podcasts, and later on the nationally recognized podcast Bom Dia Obvious. |
| 2023 | Received the Gender Equality and Racial Inclusion Award at the 8th Leadership for the Americas Awards Gala hosted by the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, D.C. |
| 2023 | Launched the 'Será que é amor?' ('Is it love?') project in partnership with Casa Rosângela Rigo, creating a booklet and talks to help women recognize and address domestic violence. |
| 2023 | Met film director Nicole Gullane, which sparked the idea for a documentary about her life and work. |
| 2023 | Received an honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford, marking another significant milestone in his distinguished academic career. |
| 2023 |
Chinese privilege
Rapper Subhas Nair was found guilty of four counts of 'promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of race' for Instagram posts calling out what he described as racism and Chinese privilege, specifically relating to the 2019 Orchard Towers murder.
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| 2023 |
Censorship of school curricula in the United States
Republican state senator Clay Yarborough proposed an expansion of the bill to prohibit teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, with DeSantis signaling support for potential signing if the bill passes the legislature.
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| October 5 2023 | Cornel West abandoned his candidacy for the Green Party nomination and announced he would continue his presidential campaign as an independent candidate. |
| September 2023 |
2020s critical race theory controversies
An Employment Tribunal ruled that opposition to critical race theory, specifically when supporting Martin Luther King's racial attitudes, constitutes a philosophical belief protected under the Equality Act 2010.
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| September 2023 | FAIR supported a petition by SEGM and Genspect calling on the FDA to halt prescriptions of puberty blockers to trans youth. |
| September 2023 | FAIR supported a petition calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to halt prescriptions of puberty blockers to trans youth. |
| July 2023 | Invited to the Jardins de Verão Gulbenkian in Lisbon, where her presentation broke all previous audience records, requiring impromptu adaptations and live cinema hall broadcasts. |
| July 2023 | Published '#SayHerName: Black Women's Stories of State Violence and Public Silence' with the African American Policy Forum, centering Black women's experiences in discussions of police and gender violence. |
| June 14 2023 | West decided to seek the Green Party nomination for the 2024 presidential election, focusing on issues such as Medicare for All, public housing, climate change, and military budget cuts. |
| June 5 2023 | Cornel West announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election under the People's Party. |
| May 2023 | FAIR sponsored a letter to Springer Nature demanding they retain Kenneth Zucker as editor and not retract a paper on Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria. |
| March 2023 | Harris-Perry publicly announced WNYC's decision to cancel The Takeaway, criticizing the station's management on Twitter. The show was set to end on June 2, 2023. |
| January 25 2023 |
2020s critical race theory controversies
Representative Caroline van der Plas made a statement in a debate regarding critical race theory.
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| 2022 |
Sunera Thobani
Edited 'The Deadly Intersections of COVID-19: Race, States, Inequalities and Global Society' published by Bristol University Press, exploring pandemic's impact on marginalized communities.
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| 2022 |
Carla Akotirene
Completed her doctorate, conducting a comparative study of racism and institutional sexism in male and female prisons using an intersectionality approach.
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| 2022 | Attended the Hay Festival Cartagena and the Mondiacult 2022 of UNESCO in Mexico City, invited by the Netherlands and Mexican government to lecture on global book translation policy transformations. |
| 2022 | Founded the Espaço Feminismos Plurais (Plurals Feminisms Space), a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting socially vulnerable women in São Paulo, offering in-person services including professional training and free support. |
| 2022 | Wrote the review for the song 'Beleza Destruída', composed by Djavan and musically arranged by Djavan and Milton Nascimento. |
| 2022 | Awarded the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law by the Foreign Ministers of France and Germany. |
| 2022 | Received the Braz Cubas Medal of Honor for Merit, the highest honor granted by the city of Santos. |
| 2022 | Published scholarly book 'Policing Bodies: Law, Sex Work, and Desire in Johannesburg' through Stanford University Press, examining law, sex work, and social dynamics in Johannesburg. |
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