Intersectionality Theory
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this class is teaching “gender race and class”
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Kimberle Crenshaw is credited for coining the term ‘intersectionality’ in 1989. Define Intersectionality and explain why Crenshaw‘s analytical framework is still very relevant today. Use a concrete example of your choice to illustrate your point.
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Intersectionality is a word and a movement that was coined in 1989 by Kimberlé Crenshaw. Crenshaw is a renowned scholar civil rights activist, a law professor, and a social theurgist. She wrote a paper for the University of Chicago Legal Firm in 1989 where she wrote about how the anti-racist and feminist ideas and policies were not applicable to the black women, and this made them be excluded from the society and many other opportunities like employment. She explained that black women face overwrapping discrimination that is unique to them compared to any other group in society (Crenshaw, 2016).
The word was new, and in 2015, the Oxford English Dictionary added the word after it had caught on well and almost everyone started hearing and knowing more about it. Crenshaw has been at the forefront in any national and…
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