During the 1970s, black feminist activists, many of whom were LGBTQ, developed a framework to broaden the definition and scope of feminism. They also published many ground breaking works that highlighted the importance of the dynamics at work in the final decade of 20th century and the first decade of 21st century feminist and social movements. It helped to expose the interconnected system that define a black woman’s life. This system later came to be known as ‘intersectionality’, a term coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American professor of law and a civil rights activist. She defined intersectionality as “the interconnected nature of social categorisations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.”
Intersectional Feminism
Intersectional Feminism
Intersectional Feminism
During the 1970s, black feminist activists, many of whom were LGBTQ, developed a framework to broaden the definition and scope of feminism. They also published many ground breaking works that highlighted the importance of the dynamics at work in the final decade of 20th century and the first decade of 21st century feminist and social movements. It helped to expose the interconnected system that define a black woman’s life. This system later came to be known as ‘intersectionality’, a term coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American professor of law and a civil rights activist. She defined intersectionality as “the interconnected nature of social categorisations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.”