The use of the terms "multiple disabilities" and "double whammy" in the Black Panther's coverage of 504 are similar to theorizing by feminist of color, in particular Third World feminist and Black feminist, theorizing, for example Frances M. Beal's writing about "double jeopardy" or the Combahee River Collective's Black feminist statement that was written the same month as the 504 sit-in.

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In his interview with The Black  Panther Lomax referred to being Black and disabled as "multiple-disabilities," and in another article covering the congressional hearings about 504 held during the protest at the San Francisco HEW office the Black Panther states that the protestors testifying "eloquently expressed the 'double whammy' experienced by handicapped minorities."

Brad Lomax's Multiple Marginalization and BPP Coverage

Schalk, Sami. Black Disability Politics, New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478027003

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