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To discuss gender is to acknowledge that gender is embedded with race. Feminists of color, particularly those writing within North America, have most persistently theorized this axiom. For instance, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (University of Chicago Legal Forum, 140:139–167, 1989; Stanford Law Review, 43:1241–1299, 1993) offers the concept of intersectionality as one way to capture this phenomenon.
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McDonald, M.G. (2017). Feminist Perspective of Race/Ethnicity and Gender in Sport. In: Sobiech, G., Günter, S. (eds) Sport & Gender – (inter)nationale sportsoziologische Geschlechterforschung. Geschlecht und Gesellschaft, vol 59. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-13098-5_8
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