Intersectionality and identity: Revisiting a wrinkle in Title VII

BA Areheart - Geo. Mason UCRLJ, 2006 - HeinOnline
In DeGraffenreid v. General Motors Assembly Division,'a group of black female employees
sued General Motors (" GM") under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, claiming that GM's …

The shortcomings of Title VII for the Black female plaintiff

YNA Pappoe - U. Pa. JL & Soc. Change, 2019 - HeinOnline
In 1964, Congress enacted Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (" Title VII" or the" Act") to protect
individuals from workplace discrimination on the basis of their race, color, sex, or national …

Disappearing women: Racial minority women in human rights cases

N Duclos - Can. J. Women & L., 1993 - HeinOnline
In 1989, Kim Crenshaw published an essay entitled" Demarginalizing the Intersection of
Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and …

Keeping Women Out of the Executive Suite: The Courts' Failure to Apply Title VII Scrutiny to Upper-Level Jobs

TA Baron - University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1994 - JSTOR
Despite women's' recent gains in fields that have been histori-cally dominated by men, the
upper reaches of most professions remain disproportionately male. 2 Thus, although the …

Ricci v. Destefano: Even Whites Are a Protected Class in the Roberts Court

LA Graglia - Lewis & Clark L. Rev., 2012 - HeinOnline
Ricci v. DeStefano,'the New Haven Firefighters case, was surely the most closely followed,
widely discussed, and popularly approved decision-for the plaintiffs2-of the Supreme Court's …

Mirror, mirror on the wall: Title VII, Section 1981, and the intersection of race and gender in the Civil Rights Act of 1990

JA Winston - Calif. L. Rev., 1991 - HeinOnline
The Civil Rights Act of 1990 was introduced in the United States Senate and House of
Representatives on February 7, 1990.1 The two companion bills were aimed at overturning …

[PDF][PDF] Why intersectionality can't wait

K Crenshaw - The Washington Post, 2015 - blogs.charleston.edu
In 1976, Emma DeGraffenreid and several other black women sued General Motors for
discrimination, arguing that the company segregated its workforce by race and gender …

Sex plus age discrimination: Protecting older women workers

NB Porter - Denv. UL Rev., 2003 - HeinOnline
There is little doubt that sexism and ageism still exist. To remedy these" isms," there are laws
to protect both women and older workers from discrimination in the workplace, namely Title …

Women of color and employment discrimination: Race and gender combined in Title VII claims

R Catro, L Corral - La Raza LJ, 1993 - HeinOnline
Introduction The American labor system has been shaped by historical White1 male
domination that continues to subordinate people of color and women. The authors agree …

Race and sex in organizing work: Diversity, discrimination, and integration

TK Green - Emory LJ, 2009 - HeinOnline
Americans are seeing race and sex differently these days, and the workplace is no
exception. Indeed, there is reason to believe that managers are voluntarily and consciously …