Intersectional Feminism
"Ain't I a woman?"
Women's Rights Conference in Akron, Ohio - 1851
White male hecklers argued women were too weak for political activity and should be protected and treasured instead of given political rights.
Sojourner Truth, a former slave who escaped bandage and successfully sued for her son's freedom, spoke from her heart.
Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex:
A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Policies
- In 1989, Kimberle Crenshaw published an article that introduced the term "intersectionality."
- In it, she examines:
- shortcomings of legal antidiscrimination framework
- DeGraffenreid v. General Motors
- Moore v. Hughes Helicopter, Inc.
- Payne v. Travenol
- feminism and black women
- incorporation black women into white feminism and black liberation movements
- shortcomings of legal antidiscrimination framework
shortcomings of legal antidiscrimination framework
Specific cases in which black women's issues were dismissed
feminism and black women
incorporation of black women into white feminismÂ
Work in the context of white feminism
White paradigms of feminism
Rape in the context of white feminism
Incorporation of Black Women into Black Liberation
Black women's issues getting lost within issues of race
Crenshaw's ConclusionÂ
