Kimberlé Crenshaw

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critical race theorist feminist theorist human legal scholar

Kimberlé Crenshaw is an American legal scholar and critical race theorist best known for developing the concept of intersectionality to explain how overlapping systems of oppression shape the experiences of Black women.

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Kimberlé Crenshaw canonical	6

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instanceOf	critical race theorist ⓘ feminist theorist ⓘ human ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts ⓘ Doctor of Juridical Science ⓘ Juris Doctor ⓘ
awardReceived	Outstanding Scholar Award from the American Bar Foundation ⓘ
birthPlace	Canton, Ohio ⓘ
citizenship	United States of America ⓘ
coFounderOf	African American Policy Forum ⓘ
countryOfBirth	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Cornell University ⓘ Harvard Law School ⓘ University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
employer	Columbia Law School ⓘ UCLA School of Law ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Crenshaw ⓘ
fieldOfWork	civil rights law ⓘ critical race theory ⓘ feminist legal theory ⓘ race and the law ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
givenName	Kimberly ⓘ surface form: Kimberlé
hasWritten	“Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement” ⓘ “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex” ⓘ “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color” ⓘ
influenced	contemporary critical race scholarship ⓘ intersectional feminism ⓘ legal understandings of discrimination ⓘ
knownFor	critical race theory ⓘ developing the concept of intersectionality ⓘ scholarship on race and gender ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
movement	Black feminism ⓘ critical race theory ⓘ intersectional feminism ⓘ
name	Kimberlé Crenshaw self-link ⓘ
nationality	United States of America ⓘ
notableConcept	intersectionality ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ professor of law ⓘ
positionHeld	co-founder and executive director of the African American Policy Forum ⓘ
researchInterest	anti-discrimination law ⓘ intersection of race and gender ⓘ structural racism ⓘ
workLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ New York City ⓘ

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Black feminist movement → keyFigure → Kimberlé Crenshaw ⓘ

Kimberlé Crenshaw → name → Kimberlé Crenshaw self-link ⓘ

Black feminist thought → hasKeyAuthor → Kimberlé Crenshaw ⓘ

critical race theory → coinedBy → Kimberlé Crenshaw ⓘ

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critical race theory → associatedWith → Kimberlé Crenshaw ⓘ

subject surface form: Critical race theory

The Norton Anthology of African American Literature → editor → Kimberlé Crenshaw ⓘ