Intersectionality is “the oppression and discrimination resulting from the overlap of an individual's various social identities” (dictionary.com). In short I like to say it is a way of looking at the intersections of people's identities, like looking through a prism to look at all of the different aspects behind a certain person. The backpack article focuses alot on white privilege against black privilege. McIntosh lays out many privileges of white privilege. This list really hit me, because i did not even realize the amount of privileges that I actually do possess. For example, I do not think about going to the grocery store and not being able to pick out a card because it doesn't have an individual of my own race on the front cover.
