Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory, and Antiracist Politics
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This chapter examines how the tendency is perpetuated by a single-axis framework that is dominant in antidiscrimination law and that is also reflected in feminist theory and antiracist politics. It suggests that this single-axis framework erases Black women in the conceptualization, identification and remediation of race and sex discrimination by limiting inquiry to the experiences of otherwise-privileged members of the group. The chapter focuses on otherwise-privileged group members creates a distorted analysis of racism and sexism because the operative conceptions of race and sex become grounded in experiences that actually represent only a subset of a much more complex phenomenon. It argues that Black women are sometimes excluded from feminist theory and antiracist policy discourse because both are predicated on a discrete set of experiences that often does not accurately reflect the interaction of race and gender. The chapter discusses the feminist critique of rape and separate spheres ideology.
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- Authors
- Crenshaw, K.
- Corresponding author
- Crenshaw, Kimberle
- Venue
- Living with Contradictions
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2018-03-08
- Pages
- 39-52
- OpenAlex
- W4249292692
- Cited by
- 7,232
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- FWCI
- 1496.84
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
- Social Sciences › Law › Discrimination and Equality Law
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Keywords
- intersectionality, Black women, anti-discrimination law, feminist theory, rape, separate spheres ideology
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