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Comparing The Crenshaw And The Black Feminist Statement

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The Crenshaw reading and the Black Feminist Statement talk about how women have suffered through the years fighting against violence, racial, sexual and class oppression. Women over the years have felt the politicization of millions of people and this is more powerful than a few voices. The way people think about women violence have changed. For example, rape once was seen as a very private and personal situation, but now this is seen as an issue that affect women as a class. The process of recognizing groups such as gay, lesbians and people of color have characterized the identity politics of these groups. The process of identity politics is dominated by concepts of social justice. Race, gender and other categories are used categories are …show more content…

Crenshaw explores the race and gender dimensions of violence against women of color. She said that many feminist and antiracist speeches haven’t be able to consider intersectional identities (women of color). Racism and sexism are associated with the experiences of women of color. These women are marginalized within two intersectional identities: as women and of color. Many women of color suffer from forms of domination and physical assault during their lives. Many of them are unemployed, poor and mothers and they don’t have an appropriate education or strong job skills. As a result, people will discriminate them creating gender and class oppression. Also, this will create a crisis of unemployment among women of color. Political intersectionally emphasize that women of color are placed within two subordinated groups. The Crenshaw also talk about immigrant women. They are very vulnerable because they are completely dependent on their husbands, specially their legal status. Immigrant women suffer from threats of deportation and they tolerate violence from their husbands to protect the security of their families. Language is a barrier for immigrant women who doesn’t speak

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