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That was what she complained about, yes. And argued to be able to complain of discrimination on the intersection. I don't know if discrim against black women was explicitly set out or just suspected to exist. Either way, there needed to be a way to complain of it.
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This is where she set it all out anyway. https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://uk.search.yahoo.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1052&context=uclf …
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I get the argument she's trying to make. But this case wasn't dismissed because black women weren't able to claim discrimination, rather because there was no actual evidence of discrimination.
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There was a way to claim discrimination as a black woman? Evidence of this was able to be submitted and not just for racism OR sexism? I admit. I don't know the law. Crenshaw was a lawyer tho. I hate intersectionality generally but she seemed fairly tight on gaps in the law.
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I think the confusion here is a conflation of "racism" and "race based discrimination". Those aren't the same things. Racism might be a motive for race based discrimination, but isn't necessary for race based discrimination to occur
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So if there's a rule that says "black women are fired first" it's both race based discrimination and sex based discrimination. Doesn't matter if the employer doesn't have a problem with black men.
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But did the law allow for that? If all the black women were fired first, could a complaint of sexist or racist discrimination be made if there were plenty of white women and black men who weren't fired? I don't know and don't have time to read Crenshaw again now.
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If there was evidence that black women were targeted as a class, yes, it would be illegal discrimination even if the motives for it weren't racism because black men kept their job or sexism because white women kept their jobs. It's still race and sex based discrimination.
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You read the Crenshaw thing and the rulings saying that cases couldn't be judged like this which was later overturned and now they can?
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