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How we define ourselves and others is complex because we hold multiple identities simultaneously. Social contexts and the resulting power relations (racism, sexism, classism, etc.) “are intertwined and mutually constructing.” This book portrays intersectionality as not only an analytic tool used by scholars but also a performative concept—it accomplishes as well as describes. In other words, it is both theory and practice. From the protests around the 2014 FIFA World Cup to “cyberfeminist debates” to hip hop, the authors vividly illustrate how intersectionality shapes people’s lives.

I was able to sit and have a brief conversation with him about racism, a whitened Jesus, and the reign of God. I thought you might appreciate the conversation as well. Let me know what you think.

Some riots protest injustice. Others perpetuate it.

As we make laws and try to adjudicate justice, we often lose sight of the human faces affected.