Critical Race Feminism extends race analysis beyond the United States

Evidence

CRF goes beyond the domestic focus on the United States that is typical of most scholarship on CLS, CRT, and feminism, and embraces global or transnational perspectives. Our analysis may embrace strands from international and comparative law, global feminism, and postcolonial theory as well. We are extending the narrow US notion of race to examine the legal treatment of women of color, whether they are living in developing or industrialized societies. We want to inspire scholars to engage in looking at multiple levels of discrimination and privileging that women may simultaneously face globally, not only on the basis of their race and gender, but also due to their nationality, ethnicity, color, class, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, primary language, minority status, pregnancy status, and marital status. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1164

Categorization

• DEFINE: Characterizes CRF’s distinguishing move: extending the ‘narrow US notion of race’ into a transnational frame with multiple simultaneous dimensions (nationality, ethnicity, color, language, etc.).
• XREF: The enumerated axes of discrimination echo and expand the analytic list the vault already associates with intersectionality and racial-formation theory. — connects to: Critical race feminism fuses legal studies and race theory’s critiques of law — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 648; Intersectionality is foundational to analyzing compounded race and sex discrimination

Broader Connections

• Critical race feminism fuses legal studies and race theory’s critiques of law #expands (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 648
• Intersectionality is foundational to analyzing compounded race and sex discrimination #corroborates (0.75)