Origin of intersectionality. Crenshaw first spoke about her journey to developing the intersectional framework, which began during her time as a student at Harvard Law School in the 1980s.

Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” to study the overlapping or intersecting social identities and systems of oppression, domination or discrimination people experience.

Intersectionality. Intersectional feminism. These are phrases you may have heard, either on the news or from your local politicians. Here’s what those terms mean and here’s why they matter.

Michal Cotler-Wunsh is Israel’s special envoy for combating antisemitism and a former Israeli legislator.

Kimberlé Crenshaw, a leading critical race theory scholar, said it was “a shame” that the College Board removed the topic of intersectionality from its new Advanced Placement African American ...

Intersectionality is a framework for understanding how issues like sexism, racism, classism and more can overlap and affect people in multiple ways, Crenshaw has said.

The term intersectionality, first coined by Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw back in 1989, acknowledges that our identities are made up of a multitude of facets; it’s what makes each of us unique ...

Crenshaw’s work propelled intersectionality into mainstream discourse, sparking a change in basic assumptions in how we approach social justice. Watch Crenshaw’s 2016 Ted Talk to learn more.

Co-founder and executive director of the African American Policy Forum Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the phrase intersectionality in 1989. Monica Schipper/Getty Images for The New York Women's Foundation.

Intersectionality is a framework for understanding how issues like sexism, racism, classism and more can overlap and affect people in multiple ways, Crenshaw has said. The term comes from a 1989 ...

Intersectionality. Intersectional feminism. These are phrases you may have heard, either on the news or from your local politicians. Though these terms have become commonplace over the last few ...