▁US ▁needed ▁as ▁al lies ▁during ▁the ▁Cold ▁War . ▁ ▁App lying ▁ins ights ▁from ▁social ▁science ▁writing ▁on ▁race ▁and ▁rac ism ▁to ▁legal ▁problems . ▁ ▁The ▁inter sections ▁theory ▁is ▁the ▁exam ination ▁of ▁race , ▁sex , ▁class , ▁national ▁origin , ▁and ▁sexual ▁orientation , ▁and ▁how ▁their ▁combination ▁plays ▁out ▁in ▁various ▁settings , ▁e . g ., ▁how ▁the ▁needs ▁of ▁a ▁Lat ina ▁female ▁are ▁different ▁from ▁those ▁of ▁a ▁black ▁male ▁and ▁whose ▁needs ▁are ▁the ▁ones ▁promoted . ▁ ▁Ess ential ism ▁philosophy — redu cing ▁the ▁experience ▁of ▁a ▁category ▁( gender ▁or ▁race ) ▁to ▁the ▁experience ▁of ▁one ▁sub - group ▁( white ▁women ▁or ▁African - Amer icans ). ▁Basically , ▁all ▁opp ress ed ▁people ▁share ▁the ▁common ality ▁of ▁opp ression . ▁ ▁However , ▁that ▁opp ression ▁var ies ▁by ▁gender , ▁class , ▁race , ▁etc ., ▁so ▁the ▁a ims ▁and ▁strateg ies ▁will ▁differ ▁for ▁each ▁of ▁these ▁groups . ▁ ▁Non - white ▁cultural ▁national ism / separ at ism , ▁Black ▁national ism — expl oring ▁more ▁radical ▁views ▁arg uing ▁for ▁separation ▁and ▁re par ations ▁as ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁foreign ▁aid . ▁ ▁Leg al ▁institutions , ▁critical ▁ped ag ogy , ▁and ▁minor ity ▁law y ers ▁in ▁the ▁bar . ▁ ▁The ▁concept ▁of ▁struct ural ▁determin ism , ▁or ▁how ▁" the ▁structure ▁of ▁legal ▁thought ▁or ▁culture ▁influ ences ▁its ▁content ," ▁is ▁a