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Jun 8, 2017 · Twenty-eight years ago, Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” in a paper as a way to help explain the oppression of African-American women. Crenshaw’s then somewhat academic term is now at the forefront of national conversations about racial justice, identity politics, and policing—and over the years has helped shape ...
intersectionality, in social theory, the interaction and cumulative effects of multiple forms of discrimination affecting the daily lives of individuals, particularly women of color. The term also refers more broadly to an intellectual framework for understanding how various aspects of individual identity—including race, gender, social class ...
May 20, 2019 · Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” in a 1989 academic paper. Nolwen Cifuentes for Vox. But it’s not just academic panels where the fight over what...
Feb 20, 2020 · February 20, 2020 7:27 AM EST. K imberlé Crenshaw, the law professor at Columbia and UCLA who coined the term intersectionality to describe the way people’s social identities can overlap,...
Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersectionality" to describe this phenomenon; as she says, if you're standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you're likely to get hit by both. In this moving talk, she calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice.
Aug 1, 2020 · August 1, 2020. 2 minutes. The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. Legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” in 1989 to describe how systems of oppression overlap to create distinct experiences for people with multiple identity categories.
Feb 22, 2021 · Now heading into its third season, Intersectionality Matters has evolved, and Columbia News caught up with Crenshaw to learn more about episodes that touched her, how the podcast might change under the Biden-Harris administration, and exactly what intersectionality means in 2021.
