Intersectional feminism, also known as Intersectionality, is a branch of feminism asserting that all aspects of social and political identities (gender, race, class, sexuality, disability, etc.) discrimination overlap (or "intersect"). Intersectional feminism separates itself from “white feminism” (as it views traditional feminism) by acknowledging the fact that all women have different experiences and identities. The term was coined by black feminist scholar Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw in 1989. It defines intersectionality as “the complex, cumulative manner in which the effects of different forms of discrimination combine, overlap, or intersect”.