“Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex”
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“Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex” is a foundational legal scholarship article by Kimberlé Crenshaw that introduced and theorized intersectionality to explain how Black women’s experiences are obscured by single-axis analyses of race or gender.
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| instanceOf |
law review article
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legal scholarship ⓘ scholarly article ⓘ |
| addresses |
erasure of Black women in legal doctrine
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limitations of existing antidiscrimination frameworks ⓘ the need for multidimensional analysis of identity ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
make Black women’s experiences visible in law
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reform antidiscrimination doctrine ⓘ |
| argues |
Black women are marginalized by single-axis analyses of race or gender
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antidiscrimination law fails to recognize compound discrimination ⓘ legal doctrine obscures the experiences of Black women ⓘ |
| author | Kimberlé Crenshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
Black feminist legal thought
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debates on race and gender in law ⓘ the development of intersectionality theory ⓘ |
| critiques |
antiracist discourse’s treatment of gender
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single-axis framework in antidiscrimination law ⓘ traditional feminist theory’s treatment of race ⓘ |
| field |
civil rights law
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critical race theory ⓘ feminist legal studies ⓘ law ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Black women’s employment discrimination cases
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Black women’s experiences of discrimination ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
antidiscrimination jurisprudence
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critical race feminism ⓘ intersectional feminism ⓘ sociolegal studies of inequality ⓘ |
| introducesConcept |
intersectional discrimination
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political intersectionality ⓘ representational intersectionality ⓘ structural intersectionality ⓘ |
| isDescribedAs |
foundational text on intersectionality
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key article in feminist legal scholarship ⓘ seminal work in critical race theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Black women
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antidiscrimination law ⓘ critical race theory ⓘ feminist legal theory ⓘ gender ⓘ intersectionality ⓘ race ⓘ sex ⓘ |
| proposes | a framework for understanding overlapping systems of oppression ⓘ |
| theorizes | intersectionality ⓘ |
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