Best quotes by Kimberle Williams Crenshaw on Black
Checkout quotes by Kimberle Williams Crenshaw on Black
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‟ Sexism isn't a one-size-fits-all phenomenon. It doesn't happen to black and white women the same way.
- Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
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‟ There are many, many different kinds of intersectional exclusions - not just black women but other women of color. Not just people of color, but people with disabilities. Immigrants. LGBTQ people. Indigenous people.
- Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
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‟ Black women's intersectional experiences of racism and sexism have been a central but forgotten dynamic in the unfolding of feminist and antiracist agendas.
- Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
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‟ Black girls are punished, many times violently so, for questioning and challenging authority, which is something that is often celebrated and encouraged as a sign of intelligence and critical thinking in white boys.
- Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
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‟ When people talked about O.J. Simpson being race-neutral, that was a race card. It just meant we don't think of him as black. But race-neutral is just like flesh-tone Band-aids. It's not neutral; it's white.
- Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
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‟ Families, community leaders, and others must create the public will to address the challenges facing black girls and other girls of color as well by listening to them, valuing their experiences, and becoming actively involved in creating policies and innovative programs that promote their well-being.
- Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
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‟ Feminists must denounce the use of white insecurity - whether in relation to white womanhood, white neighborhoods, white politics, or white wealth - to justify the brutal assaults against black people of all genders.
- Kimberle Williams Crenshaw