It's not about supplication, it's about power. It's not about asking, it's about demanding. It's not about convincing those who are currently in power, it's about changing the very face of power itself. — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Sexism isn't a one-size-fits-all phenomenon. It doesn't happen to black and white women the same way. — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
... 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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Censorship is certainly not the answer to controversial material and is inconsistent with our most basic constitutional values. — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
The point of feminism is you shouldn't have to be a man to be treated with equal respect. — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
