“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 ⓘ
legal scholarship ⓘ
scholarly article ⓘ
addresses erasure of Black women in legal doctrine ⓘ
limitations of existing antidiscrimination frameworks ⓘ
the need for multidimensional analysis of identity ⓘ
aimsTo make Black women’s experiences visible in law ⓘ
reform antidiscrimination doctrine ⓘ
argues Black women are marginalized by single-axis analyses of race or gender ⓘ
antidiscrimination law fails to recognize compound discrimination ⓘ
legal doctrine obscures the experiences of Black women ⓘ
author Kimberlé Crenshaw ⓘ
contributesTo Black feminist legal thought ⓘ
debates on race and gender in law ⓘ
the development of intersectionality theory ⓘ
critiques antiracist discourse’s treatment of gender ⓘ
single-axis framework in antidiscrimination law ⓘ
traditional feminist theory’s treatment of race ⓘ
field civil rights law ⓘ
critical race theory ⓘ
feminist legal studies ⓘ
law ⓘ
focusesOn Black women’s employment discrimination cases ⓘ
Black women’s experiences of discrimination ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn antidiscrimination jurisprudence ⓘ
critical race feminism ⓘ
intersectional feminism ⓘ
sociolegal studies of inequality ⓘ
introducesConcept intersectional discrimination ⓘ
political intersectionality ⓘ
representational intersectionality ⓘ
structural intersectionality ⓘ
isDescribedAs foundational text on intersectionality ⓘ
key article in feminist legal scholarship ⓘ
seminal work in critical race theory ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Black women ⓘ
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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Kimberlé Crenshaw → hasWritten → “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex” ⓘ
intersectionality → describedIn → Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex ⓘ
linked to: “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex”