"Intersectionality draws attention to invisibilities that exist in feminism, in anti-racism, in class politics, so, obviously, it takes a lot of work to consistently challenge ourselves to be attentive to aspects of power that we don't ourselves experience."
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"Black girls are punished, many times violently so, for questioning and challenging authority, which is something that is often celebrated and encouraged as a sign of intelligence and critical thinking in white boys."
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw"When feminism does not explicitly oppose racism, and when anti-racism does not incorporate opposition to patriarchy, race and gender politics often end up being antagonistic to each other, and both interests lose."
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw"Intersectionality is an analytic sensibility, a way of thinking about identity and its relationship to power. Originally articulated on behalf of black women, the term brought to light the invisibility of many constituents within groups that claim them as members but often fail to represent them."
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw"The better we understand how identities and power work together from one context to another, the less likely our movements for change are to fracture."
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw"The point of feminism is you shouldn't have to be a man to be treated with equal respect."
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw"We are a society that has been structured from top to bottom by race. You don't get beyond that by deciding not to talk about it anymore. It will always come back; it will always reassert itself over and over again."
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw"Cultural patterns of oppression are not only interrelated but are bound together and influenced by the intersectional systems of society. Examples of this include race, gender, class, ability, and ethnicity."
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw"There are many, many different kinds of intersectional exclusions - not just black women but other women of color. Not just people of color, but people with disabilities. Immigrants. LGBTQ people. Indigenous people."
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw"Justice Scalia was a person who effectively bludgeoned the life out of the living Constitution, the Constitution that gave us desegregation, that gave us women's rights, that gave us environmental protections and political access."
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw"Some of the worst racist tragedies in history have been perfectly legal."
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw