Intersectionality holds that forms of oppression interrelate, creating a system of oppression that reflects the “intersection” of multiple forms of discrimination
Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term in 1989 in an important critical race legal theory article titled “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Anti-discrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Anti-racist Politics”
“Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color” (1991)
Same year that Anita Hill testified before Congress
Was on her team
Crenshaw is aware of the Black feminist genealogy
According to Cooper
Cooper is an originalist
We have to remember that this is where it came from
Don’t confuse intersectionality with identity
Kimberlé Crenshaw
“What the role of race and gender and class in the curriculum should be”
Interested in this at the level of Harvard Law School
Intersectionality is not about DEI efforts
It’s not about diversity and inclusion
It often gets conflated
Intersectionality is the most productive form of feminism. - Angela Davis
Intersectionality is a tool within critical race feminism