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Multiple discrimination and intersectionality: issues of equality and liberty
Author(s) -
MercatBruns Marie
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international social science journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.237
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1468-2451
pISSN - 0020-8701
DOI - 10.1111/issj.12154
Subject(s) - oppression , intersectionality , disparate impact , disparate treatment , interpretation (philosophy) , legislation , scope (computer science) , political science , judicial interpretation , law , racism , civil rights , sex discrimination , law and economics , sociology , gender studies , labour law , politics , computer science , programming language
Kimberle Crenshaw was the first to identify the challenges of intersectional claims in law. On the European level, the term most often used is multiple discrimination. After 50 years of implementation of civil rights legislation, the United States offers a unique critique of the scope and the limits of anti‐discrimination law. The interpretation of concepts like disparate treatment and disparate impact discrimination in employment reveals the complexity of individual and systemic discrimination. American empirical studies of the grounds of discrimination reflect issues of equality and liberty. The transatlantic comparison allows us to revisit the analysis of the intersections between forms or systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination in law from a different standpoint in Europe.