Patricia Hill Collins is an American sociologist known for her development of Black feminist thought and her contributions to intersectionality theory. In Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (1990) she argued that Black women occupy a distinctive standpoint shaped by the intersection of race, gender, and class, and she developed the concept of a matrix of domination to describe how these and other systems of oppression interlock and operate together rather than as separate, additive forces. Her work has been central to establishing intersectionality as a core analytical framework across sociology and related fields.
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Collins matrix of domination theorized how race, gender and class intersect as simultaneous, mutually reinforcing systems of social stratification.
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Patricia Hill Collins (born May 1, 1948) is an American academic specializing in race, class, and gender.
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Patricia Hill Collins (born May 1, 1948) is an American academic specializing in race, class, and gender.
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Patricia Hill Collins (born May 1, 1948) is an American academic specializing in race, class, and gender.
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Patricia Hill Collins was born on May 1, 1948, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the only child of two parents living in a predominately Black, working-class neighborhood.
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Patricia Hill Collins (born May 1, 1948) is an American academic specializing in race, class, and gender.
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She gained national attention for her book Black Feminist Thought, originally published in 1990.
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Collins's work primarily concerns issues involving race, gender, and social inequality within the African-American community.
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She proceeded to earn a Master of Arts degree in Teaching (MAT) in Social Science Education from Harvard University in 1970.
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