I am applying intersectionality and the sociological imagination to my intersecting identities: gender, race, and class. By employing intersectionality and the sociological imagination, I am analyzing how my positionality affected my personal experiences while connecting those events with society. I am also employing the sociological imagination to five peer reviewed articles. In sociology, positionality examines one’s position of power and how their relationship is affected by social hierarchy. Positionality also focuses on someone’s position regarding their gender, race, and class.
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is an African American scholar, civil rights advocate, and law professor who developed the term intersectionality (Merriam-Webster, …show more content…
On that day, Zuri’s replacement pediatrician, Dr. Elizabeth Nguyen did not allow me to explain why I wanted to space my child’s vaccines and proceeded to throw us out of her office like animals. After the incident, I immediately placed Zuri in another pediatric office. In recalling my encounter, I realized that Dr. Nguyen’s attitude reflected an angry white woman who is used to mistreating minority mothers that voiced their opinions. I am convinced that her behavior would have been different if I would have been a white woman with a higher socioeconomic status. However, that is not the case; I am a poor single mother pursuing a …show more content…
Clarkson was historically a predominantly white male engineering institution. However, in the 1960s, women were introduced to the university, which created a co-ed atmosphere. As time progressed, minorities began to matriculate at CU. Today, the institution is mainly composed of white men. My first encounter with gender inequality occurred through a Humanities course project. My groupmates were all white young men majoring in engineering, while I was an Afro-Latina young woman majoring in Biology. The project took two weeks to complete, and during that time my group partners barely helped me finish the assignment. I informed the professor of my classmates’ lack of commitment, but she said, “just work with them.” In the end, because of my efforts, they received an “A-” on the project. In that instant, I realized how their privilege and sexist behavior earned them a free pass. During that time, my positionality was negatively impacted. On the flip side, I regained control when I received an excellent grade for the project and eventually passed the
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is an African American scholar, civil rights advocate, and law professor who developed the term intersectionality (Merriam-Webster, …show more content…
On that day, Zuri’s replacement pediatrician, Dr. Elizabeth Nguyen did not allow me to explain why I wanted to space my child’s vaccines and proceeded to throw us out of her office like animals. After the incident, I immediately placed Zuri in another pediatric office. In recalling my encounter, I realized that Dr. Nguyen’s attitude reflected an angry white woman who is used to mistreating minority mothers that voiced their opinions. I am convinced that her behavior would have been different if I would have been a white woman with a higher socioeconomic status. However, that is not the case; I am a poor single mother pursuing a …show more content…
Clarkson was historically a predominantly white male engineering institution. However, in the 1960s, women were introduced to the university, which created a co-ed atmosphere. As time progressed, minorities began to matriculate at CU. Today, the institution is mainly composed of white men. My first encounter with gender inequality occurred through a Humanities course project. My groupmates were all white young men majoring in engineering, while I was an Afro-Latina young woman majoring in Biology. The project took two weeks to complete, and during that time my group partners barely helped me finish the assignment. I informed the professor of my classmates’ lack of commitment, but she said, “just work with them.” In the end, because of my efforts, they received an “A-” on the project. In that instant, I realized how their privilege and sexist behavior earned them a free pass. During that time, my positionality was negatively impacted. On the flip side, I regained control when I received an excellent grade for the project and eventually passed the