The intersectionality as ground of black feminism

Abstract

The analysis of processes of gender oppression begins to emerge in philosophical reflections, either by focusing on the functioning of the patriarchal system or by focusing on the intersection of patriarchy with relations of domination from ethnic-racial origins. In general, such reflections seek to examine the foundations of oppressive systems and the reaction of women to such systems. Different forms and demands of feminist movements are found and the ways in which they seek, through the discussion of gender, to strengthen the social and political role of women. In this context, this article aims to examine the place of black feminism in the debate and its bases of support, in view of the peculiarities of the needs of black women. These peculiarities are related to the structural inseparability between patriarchy, sexism, racism, and its articulations that imply in multiple situations of oppression suffered by this group of women. In other words, it seeks to analyze the centrality of the concept of intersectionality for understanding the role of black feminism in philosophical reflections on the condition of black women in society.