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Feminism and racism are highly intertwined concepts in intersectional theory, focusing on women in the Western World, who experience both sexism and racism. Within the Western feminist movement, which seeks to end gender oppression, non-white women have experienced racism. Similarly, these women have also experienced sexism within various antiracism and civil rights movements. In America, the racism and sexism prevalent has affected female activists of African, Mexican, Native American and various Asian descent in different ways, highlighting the need for a political movement that is aware of the intersection of race and gender oppression. These experiences of racism and sexism have prevented women of color from fully partaking in such movements, but they have also led to the creation of unique forms of feminism, such as Black feminist theoryand multiracial feminism, that actively work against both gender and race oppression. Similarly, transnational feminism seeks to address women's rights outside of the Western world and looks to address issues like racism that impacts women globally.

Transnational Feminism

Transnational Feminism is a feminist theory that was create as a response to western feminism, that seeks to explicate and address womens rights isssues such as racism, sexism and class issues on a global scale. In addition, transnational feminism seeks to explore how intersecting identities such as race and nationality, combine to create unique womens rights issues that women outside of the western world face.