Degraffenreid Vs General Motors Intersectionality

Intersectionality is an analytic framework which identifies how interlocking systems of power impact those who are most marginalized in society. Intersectionality considers various forms of social stratification and identity, such as class, race, sexual orientation, age, disability and gender, do not exist separately from each other but are complexly interwoven.
Law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw coins the term “intersectionality” through this story from the courts. In DeGraffenreid v General Motors, a group of Black women sued the company alleging discrimination against Black women in the company’s seniority system. The court found against the women. Because General Motors could show that it had hired women (White women), the plaintiffs could