Thandiwe Newton Instagram – My friend and comrade @kimberlecrenshaw @aapolicyforum has been awarded the HIGHEST honour by the #AALS – Association of American Law Schools Ironically, she receives this when she’s been having to defend Critical Race Theory like her life depended on it. It’s been awful to witness. And see here, she is being honoured as the supreme, evolved genius that she is. By her peers and fellow legal scholars. This is what she said of the honour: “I would have been delighted to have received the AALS Triennial Award under any circumstances, but it is especially heartening to be honored by my colleagues at a time in which critical race theory and intersectionality have become targets of censorship and legal prohibition in many parts of our country,” Professor Crenshaw said. “Looking back through today’s conditions, I do not take for granted how the liberty I enjoyed as a young scholar was guarded not only by those who found value in the substance of my work, but also by critics who defended my right to think, teach, and write. While the pattern of race, reform, and retrenchment unfolding today is not new to me, the narrowing platform for critical thinking across the country is deeply troubling. This extraordinary award elevates my hope that the legal academy will stand firm against the deepening crisis over independent thought, free speech, and democratic participation, ensuring the next generation will understand better the challenges to our multiracial democracy that we are struggling with today.” Please support Kimberle, even just in knowing the truth about what she is protecting. Please protect our people and planet, by protecting her. 2022 will be better for it. x Thandiwe