Schwarzer Feminismus

When Sojourner Truth asked whether she was not a woman during her speech at a women's convention in Akron, Ohio, she sparked a debate the extent of which could not be foreseen. She had criticized white women for racism and black men for the sexism that they brought against black women in equal measure. It was not until the end of the 20th century, almost 150 years later, that this specific form of multiple discrimination was given a name. It was Kimberlé Crenshaw who coined the term "intersectio...