Kimberlé Crenshaw > Quotes

“Treating different things the same can generate as much inequality as treating the same things differently.”
― Kimberlé Crenshaw

“We've known for a long time that this day would come. Today, an illegitimate Supreme Court-- stacked with justices who have been credibly accused of sexual harassment and assault, installed by presidents who took power via undemocratic sleights of hand-- ratified their cause of eroding the 14th amendment and the right to bodily autonomy. The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will be lethal to Americans - particularly, Black women and queer people - who now will lose their already limited access to abortions. If establishment Democrats sit back and allow this Court to continue to dismantle every right protecting marginalized people, this decision won't just cost lives - it also will cost us our democracy. Our leaders in Washington must recognize how the tyranny of the minority, white supremacy, misogyny and bigotry brought us to this dark day. And they must act now to protect voting rights and enshrine the right to an abortion into federal law -- before it's too late.”
― Kimberlé Crenshaw

“When they enter, we all enter.”
― Kimberle Crenshaw, Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics

“women of color need not await the ultimate triumph over racism before they can expect to live violence-free lives.”
― Kimberlé Crenshaw, Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics and Violence against Women of Color