Crenshaw

different parts of the world. You have individuals who have moved from rural community come too mobile, Alabama where it’s an urban community and a different panorama. I interviewed three individuals who lived in different parts of Alabama. Tykeylia Crenshaw is from Greenville, Alabama, which is a rural community; Erica Staley, is from Andalusia, Alabama a rural community, and Chalnadra Gooden, is from Hoover, Alabama, which is an urban community outside of Birmingham. Moving to Mobile, Alabama…

(Dill, Kohlman 2008; Crenshaw 1991) Women of color experience a system of interlocking oppressive forces that marginalize them and essentially “other“ them, a condition not experienced by white women. (Ortega 2006) Mainstream feminism, known as “white feminism” has a way of unintentionally…

The Politics of Black Feminist Thought For this week, we read Combahee River Collective, “A Black Feminist Statement,” “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color,” by Kimberle Crenshaw and the book Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics by Joy James. Our discussion focuses on feminist thought and intersectionality. The Combahee River Collective’s aim was to combat the oppressions experienced by all women of color and to…

have different privileges than males. As a white, middle-class, college-aged, women, I experience life differently than that of a black, working-class, middle-aged, woman. “What is racial domination” gives credit to Kimberle Crenshaw for the term intersectionality. Crenshaw explained the term as crisscrossing roads. Race, gender, class, and religion all combined when it comes to experiencing privileges and…

name of Nipsey Hussle. “Entrepreneurship is having the capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks in order to make a profit.” (Business Dictionary) Born and raised near the intersection of Crenshaw and Slauson in South Los Angeles, Nipsey Hussle grew up around drug dealers, drug addicts, and criminals. Eventually to join the Rollin 60’s Neighborhood Crips gang at a young age. Nipsey Hussle is currently 30 years old and still has an…

the environment and struggles high school seniors such as myself, must undergo simply to graduate opened my eyes and forced me to reconsider my position. Miles Corwin’s ability to unbiasedly provide a window into the lives and conflicts of gifted Crenshaw High School students, as well as the effect these implications have in the academic atmosphere greatly contributed to my conclusion. Affirmative Action is necessary to provide a level of fairness throughout the higher education…

minds and enabled them to concentrate on their work. However, in spite of section A’s contributions the corporation manager Crenshaw wants autistic employees to change to a “normal” person just like the rest of employees with the company to cut costs (43). Crenshaw basically gave them an ultimatum, they have a surgery to make them “normal” or they lose their jobs. Crenshaw believes the autistic do not have what it takes to be leaders and they are not cost effective. The author shows the…

Crenshaw, Kimberle, “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color,” The Legal Response to Violence Against Women, K. Maschke, (Ed.). New York, NY: Garland Publishing 1997, 1241-1298. “Mapping the Margins” explores the politicization of the woman’s voice and how violence is understood against the black women’s race and gender; interaction with services to protect them; and their portrayal in the media. Crenshaw states there are three major…

social lives and other salient priorities. However, for the students in Crenshaw High School, school was a sanctuary, a safe haven; the only place where they felt accepted, worthy and optimistic. School was their only outlet where they could openly express themselves, especially in their English classes. In his work, And Still We Rise, Miles Corwin shares his one year experience with twelve students in a gifted program at Crenshaw High School, a gang dominated, dilapidated and parlous…

There is so much happening in the world around you if you stop your inner dialogue and just take a second to listen to what is happening around you. Listening has always been something that has been hard for me; I’ve always wanted to make sure that my ideas were heard. However, in shouting out my ideas have I been covering up other ideas of people whose voices are barely heard in the first place? I as young white woman have been able to voice my opinions pretty openly, but I never thought of…