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Sexual assault is not simply a women's issue, but also a racial issue in U.S. society.

— Sharon Smith A Marxist Case For Intersectionality (2017)

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There can be no such thing as a simple "women's issue" in a capitalist system founded on the enslavement of Africans, in which racism remains embedded in its foundation and all its institutions. Nearly every so-called "women's" issue has a racial component.

A Marxist Case For Intersectionality (2017)

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