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On Cesar Chavez Day and the close of Women's History Month, host Kimberlé Crenshaw and award-winning radio host Kaye Wise Whitehead unpack a painful reckoning: recent New York Times revelations of sexual abuse by labor icon Cesar Chavez, including allegations from movement co-founder Dolores Huerta, who broke her silence at age 95. Together they explore why survivors delay disclosure, how hero worship in liberation movements hurts women and girls, and the tension between honoring a movement's legacy while confronting its darkest truths.
Music by Blue Dot Sessions.
Clips in this episode from:
- PBS News Hour: Investigation uncovers sexual abuse allegations against Cesar Chavez
- ABC News: Dolores Huerta: Her Words, Her Movement
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