Kimberlé Crenshaw, distinguished Professor of Law “For feminist theory and antiracist policy discourse to at UCLA and Professor of Law at Columbia Law embrace the experiences and concerns of Black women, School, is a leading authority on Civil Rights

Crenshaw also authored the background paper on gender and racial discrimination for the United Nations’ World Conference on Racism (WCAR), served as rappor- teur for the conference’s Expert Group on Gender and Race Discrimination, and coordinated non- “REACH governmental organizations’ efforts to ensure the inclusion of gender in the WCAR conference decla- ration. [...] She is the co-founder and Executive Director EVERYONE of AAPF (African American Policy Forum), the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies at ON THE Columbia Law School, and the president of Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ). [...] She is the co-founder and Executive Director EVERYONE of AAPF (African American Policy Forum), the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies at ON THE Columbia Law School, and the president of Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ). [...] 8 10117 Berlin www.boell.de EDITED BY GUNDA WERNER INSTITUTE IN THE HEINRICH BÖLL FOUNDATION Coverfoto ©: Annabel Clark ISBN 978-3-86928-199-5 AND THE CENTER FOR INTERSECTIONAL JUSTICE “Reach Everyone on the Planet …” Kimberlé Crenshaw and Intersectionality “Reach Everyone on the Planet…”— Kimberlé Crenshaw and Intersectionality The quotes from Kimberlé Crenshaw used in this volume on the photo pa. [...] 8, D-10117 Berlin, www.boell.de “Reach Everyone on the Planet…”—Kimberlé Crenshaw and Intersectionality Texts by and for Kimberlé Crenshaw Edited by Gunda Werner Institute in the Heinrich Böll Foundation In cooperation with Center for Intersectional Justice Glossary of terms and font usage Gender asterisk * The * refers to the constructedness of an engendered cate- gory and finds it particularly u.