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The Postmodern Rejection of "Totality" So far, what I tried to show is how the concept of intersectionality, or interlocking oppressions, was rooted in the Black feminist tradition over a long period of time--and that this concept has also been compatible with Marxism.

After high school, Smith went to New York University under the Tisch School of the Arts program, where she took journalism and history.

More generally, intersectionality in postmodern terms, even among those who have no idea what postmodernism is.

In 1851, Sojourner Truth gave her famous speech "Ain't I a Woman? In this context, Marxism was widely disparaged as "reductionist" and "essentialist" by academics calling themselves postmodernists, post-structuralists and post-Marxists.

Marxists appreciate the contributions of left-wing Black nationalists, including Malcolm X and Franz Fanon, along with the socialism of the Black Panther Party, and have attempted to incorporate aspects of their contributions into our own political tradition.

As Marxist scholar Kevin Anderson recently argued: In the late twentieth century, a theoretical discourse of intersectionality became almost hegemonic in many sectors of radical intellectual life.

Smith later got her big break when she joined the American action TV series NCIS: Los Angeles.

I believe it is a mistake for Marxists to lose sight of the value of the Black feminist tradition--including the concept of intersectionality, both in its contribution to combatting the oppression of women of color, working-class women and the ways in which it can help to advance Marxist theory and practice.

To be clear: there is no question that postmodernism has advanced the struggle against all forms of oppression, including the oppression experienced by trans people, those with disabilities or who face age discrimination, and many other forms of oppression that were neglected before postmodernist theories began to flourish in the 1980s and 1990s.

" This is an argument for the separation of struggles.