Feminist thought and practice were fundamentally altered when radical women of color and white women allies began to rigorously challenge the notion of "gender" was the primary factor determining a woman's fate. ... Looking at the interlocking nature of gender, race, and class was the perspective that changed the direction of feminist thought.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Feminist thought and practice were fundamentally altered when radical women of color and white women allies began to rigorously challenge the notion of "gender" was the primary factor determining a woman's fate. ... Looking at the interlocking nature of gender, race, and class was the perspective that changed the direction of feminist thought." in the context of "bell hooks, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984), Preface, p. xiii." to mean that wisdom is timeless.