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Kimberle Crenshaw is a civil rights advocate and scholar. She has written books and held speeches about the discrimination against minorities. Specializing in the discrimination of races and women.

She is very important in the discussion of intersectionality. A term she coined herself. She's written many works on the topic of intersectionality and how it effects the lives on minorities and why intersectionality is important.

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Intersectionality is important and relevant today. Being able to consider the overlaps in social categories that are often discriminated against helps to understand discrimination, power, and privilege.

People who are in two or more of these social categories where their categories overlap are affected by intersectionality.

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Critics argue that "intersectionality only focuses on black women, or only about race and gender." (Nash 2019)

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Intersectionality, in relation to the feminist theory, helps to define the idea that social norms shape reality. The application of intersectionality helps define the ideas of power and oppression in the feminist theory as well.

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Some key terms that are important to the understanding of intersectionality.

"But For": In certain circumstances, people can only be discriminated against for one of their social categories.

1990 Waiver: It is required that evidence of abuse in the form of a report. Which impacted many minorities who've struggled with domestic violence.

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Intersectionality started with Kimberle Crenshaw in 1989 in her essay, "Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex".

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In 1991, Crenshaw published another essay, "Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color". And later gave a TED talk to further promote intersectionality.

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Intersectionality, when applied to laws, helps represent minority communities. Especially those facing multiple discriminations.

Intersectionality helps people find justice.

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With the court cases discussed in the lecture, we see court cases that only allow people to be discriminated for only one identity.

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Intersectionality is applied in anti-discrimination laws.

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Works Cited

“Kimberle W. Crenshaw | Columbia Law School.” Columbia Law School, https://www.law.columbia.edu/faculty/kimberle-w-crenshaw. Accessed 27 February 2025.

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Nash, Jennifer C. “A Love Letter from a Critic, or Notes on the Intersectionality Wars.” A Love Letter from a Critic, or Notes on the Intersectionality Wars, https://shc.stanford.edu/arcade/interventions/love-letter-critic-or-notes-intersectionality-wars. Accessed Febuary 2025.

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Sharkey, Ginny, and Taylor Hawk. “What is "Intersectional Feminism"? | Article.” Denison University, https://denison.edu/academics/womens-gender-studies/feature/67969. Accessed 27 February 2025.