People judge others and form many biases due to their race and gender. Intersectionality is a concept that focuses on the “class, physical ability, age, sexuality, and gender disparities [..] and ways of looking at these structures of inequality” (Dill & Zambrana 1) and how these categories overlap and are connected to one another. Intersectionality can be used to show how race and gender are related in terms of inequality. In Particular Intersectionality can be used to compare Frederick Douglass’s battle with Covey in the story “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” and Harriet Jacobs’ battle with Dr. Flint in the story “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” . In each of these stories Intersectionality can be used to explain particular
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Being African American in that time period was very hard as slave masters would control the lives of every slave. Both Douglas and Jacobs’ did not have any freedom as Douglass was forced to do hard labor and Jacobs’ was not allowd to choose who she can marry as she states that “If slavery had been abolished, I, also, could have married the man of my choice” (Jacob’s 1). This quote describes how slaves do not have a choice; this is a form of intersectionality that is seen with Frederick Douglass as well. Some differences in intersectionality can be seen by the type of labor that Douglass went through as he was whipped severely and a thought about killing himself; however Jacobs’s did not need to work like Douglass. The resistance in battle shown by Jacobs’ is more emotional than the battle with Douglass and Covey. The battle consisted of Jacob’s race being an issue as she tries to escape her slavemaster and goes to another man as a sense of freedom similar to the freedom that Douglass’s feels as he fights off his slave master. The psychical fight to Douglass represented “the departed self-confidence, and inspired me again with a determination to be free” (Douglass
Being African American in that time period was very hard as slave masters would control the lives of every slave. Both Douglas and Jacobs’ did not have any freedom as Douglass was forced to do hard labor and Jacobs’ was not allowd to choose who she can marry as she states that “If slavery had been abolished, I, also, could have married the man of my choice” (Jacob’s 1). This quote describes how slaves do not have a choice; this is a form of intersectionality that is seen with Frederick Douglass as well. Some differences in intersectionality can be seen by the type of labor that Douglass went through as he was whipped severely and a thought about killing himself; however Jacobs’s did not need to work like Douglass. The resistance in battle shown by Jacobs’ is more emotional than the battle with Douglass and Covey. The battle consisted of Jacob’s race being an issue as she tries to escape her slavemaster and goes to another man as a sense of freedom similar to the freedom that Douglass’s feels as he fights off his slave master. The psychical fight to Douglass represented “the departed self-confidence, and inspired me again with a determination to be free” (Douglass