Patterns Quotes by Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

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

Sexism isn't a one-size-fits-all phenomenon. It doesn't happen to black and white women the same way.

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

People with problems are not problem people.

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

Our democracy cannot be left in the hands of those who would rather watch or participate in a train wreck than stop it.

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

Antiracists must acknowledge that patriarchy has long been a weapon of racism and cannot sit comfortably in any politic of racial transformation.

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

We must all stand against both the continual, systematic, and structural racial inequities that normalize daily violence as well as against extreme acts of…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

Intersectionality is an analytic sensibility, a way of thinking about identity and its relationship to power. Originally articulated on behalf of black women, the…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

We might have to broaden our scope of how we think about where women are vulnerable, because different things make different women vulnerable.

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

... not all black women have silently acquiesced in sexism and misogyny within the African-American community. Indeed, many writers, activists, and other women have…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

Ideally, schools should be supportive environments for students. Unfortunately, zero-tolerance policies tend to funnel vulnerable students out of schools and into prisons, low-income jobs,…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

Censorship is certainly not the answer to controversial material and is inconsistent with our most basic constitutional values.

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

The point of feminism is you shouldn't have to be a man to be treated with equal respect.

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw