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Feminist History


When looking at the history of feminism it is important to consider that activism was sparked from imbalanced gender rights. Salient examples of gender inequality include unequal pay in the workforce, male-segregated work positions and denial of education. The preceding examples are important to consider as they greatly affect the quality of one’s life. It is important to note that gender alone is simply an isolated fact about the individual. Gender intersects with other defining factors including race, age, sex, sexuality, etc., to create individual identities. With that being said, gender alone may not explain the inequalities people experience in their everyday lives. Racial discrimination has and still exists affecting the quality of life for many groups of people in the United States .The following section uses a Critical Race Feminism perspective to analyse how gender intersects with race to create further discrimination and marginalization particularly in the U.S.



Critical Race Feminism
Critical legal studies and critical race theory emerge together to form a new theory which encompasses the intersectionality of identity formation. Critical race theory is a movement of a collection of activists and scholars intrigued in studying and modifying the relationship among race, racism, and power. Critical race theory is comprised of several defining factors – three of which are most important for this particular discussion. The first factor highlights the fact racism is considered a norm in American society. Critical race feminism replaces the identified societal marginalization within the critical race theory with a spotlight on multiculturalism. Unlike critical race theory, critical race feminism is multidisciplinary – drawing from the writing of men and women who are not scholarly writers.

Advocates of the critical race feminist theory understand that an individual’s appearance in terms of race does not account for entirely who they are. Race is simply an isolated fact which contributes to a person’s social identity. Martin Luther King Junior for example was not just a male; he was a black male. Gender along with race and other traits intersect to determine an individual’s socially valued identity.