Definitions
Who has intersecting identities?
Everyone
What policy of General Motors firing practices did they take issue with?
Last hired-first fired
What group was not invited to the Seneca Falls Convention?
Black Women
Who were the gens de couleur libres?
Free people of color
Are identities meant to be added up, or multiplied?
Multiplied
What year did the case happen?
1976
What year did congress pass the 15th amendment?
1870
What was a left handed marriage?
Where do you exist in intersectionality?
At the intersection of your identities
1964
Who was the head of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union?
Frances E. Willard
Could children produced from plaçage unions inherit?
yes
How does Crenshaw describe intersectionality?
"Intersectionality is a lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects" / "a method and a disposition, a heuristic and analytical tool"
(points for either)
What did the courts suggest they do instead?
Combine their case with Mosley v General Motors
Why did Ida B. Wells go to Great Brittain?
To deliver a message about the reality of life for black americans
How many castes in early New Orleans do we recognize?
What is the definition of intersectionality?
the complex, cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination (such as racism, sexism, and classism) combine, overlap, or intersect especially in the experiences of marginalized individuals or groups
What was the issue stated with Title VII
It did not define black women as a separate class
What else was a major issue for Frances E. Willard
Prohibition
What year were a number of laws specifically targeting free people of color in New Orleans passed?
1830