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Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex
A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics
Book • 1989
In this seminal article, Kimberlé Crenshaw critiques the single-axis framework of antidiscrimination law, feminist theory, and antiracist politics.
She argues that this framework erases the experiences of Black women by forcing them to fit their discrimination into either racial or gender categories, rather than acknowledging the intersectional nature of their oppression.
Crenshaw uses several court cases to illustrate how this framework fails to address the unique challenges faced by Black women and advocates for a more inclusive approach that centers the experiences of the most marginalized groups.
She argues that this framework erases the experiences of Black women by forcing them to fit their discrimination into either racial or gender categories, rather than acknowledging the intersectional nature of their oppression.
Crenshaw uses several court cases to illustrate how this framework fails to address the unique challenges faced by Black women and advocates for a more inclusive approach that centers the experiences of the most marginalized groups.
