CRM/LAW C113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Afrocentrism, Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Male Privilege
6 Nov 2018
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Not just about the intersection of race and gender, or multiple identity, but the legal consequences of intersecting multiple identities. She argues that anti discrimination laws fail to comprehend the nature of societal level discrimination. Examples: black woman anita hill who has multiple forms of identity but primarily identified by genre and race. Accused a supreme court justice for sexual harassment before he was appointed: disabled man matt getze, older hispanic woman margaret montoya talks about the dimension of age. Societal discrimination is not just additive, it is unique. But civil rights law fails to recognize intersectional discrimination. It requires race or sex and evaluates only binary categories (male/female; black/white; abled/disabled). However, they also experience unique intersectional forms of discrimination: ex: the employer might hire both white women and black men but refuse to hire a black woman and that according to crenshaw is a unique intersectional injury. A: racism: women of color are more likely to be harassed.
