Black Feminist Disability Framework

The Black Feminist Disability Framework asserts that in order to better understand the experiences of people who are “multiply marginalized,” we must develop an intersectional analysis that includes race, gender, and disability. This theory contends with the contradiction of Black people being “denied of disability” (hence, the myth of the “strong Black woman”) while simultaneously being “assumed intellectually disabled precisely because of race.” The Black Feminist Disability Framework provides us with a lens to imagine what liberation could look like for Black disabled people. It also assists us in reassessing the lives of historical Black figures through the lens of disability.