![]() ![]() That in addition to human beings, we exist in this world as multiplicities. On this International Women’s Day, may you remember to center and include all of those who are traditionally and typically left out of the conversation? May you remember that Black women are more than just our sex, gender, or race. The more holistic approach implied in Black feminist thought treats the interaction among multiple systems as the object of study” (17). This viewpoint shifts the entire focus of investigation from one aimed at explicating elements of race or gender or class oppression to one whose goal is to determine what the links are among these systems. Collins (2001) adds, “the Black feminist attention to the interlocking nature of oppression is significant. Patricia Hill Collins (2000) calls this site where identities intersect, and oppressions interlock the matrix of domination. ![]() Crenshaw theorized that it was impossible for Black women to address gender-related issues without simultaneously addressing race and anti-Blackness among other intersections of identity. ![]() At any given moment our multiple identities and sites of oppression intersect with one another. Crenshaw’s (1991) seminal work argued that as Black women we do not navigate the world (and feminism) simply as women. ![]() Intersectionality is a theoretical framework born out of Black feminist theorizing. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |