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In conclusion, intersectionality exposes how privilege in heteronormative society functions as a dimension to exploring ones’ sexual identity, leading to marginalization and oppression amongst already differentiated and discriminated identities (Crenshaw, 1989). Sharing narratives of multiple oppression matters because it harbors the experiences of oppression, privilege, inclusion, exclusion, visibility, and invisibility (Collins, 1995, p.213). Black queer, journalist, Charles Blow expressed in…

Formally known as Bruce Jenner, a television reality star and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete made the news. Jenner revealed a new identity as a trans woman in April 2015 and changed her name from Bruce to Caitlyn. Caitlyn Jenner had the advantage to transition genders in over a couple of months, and on the other hand your average trans woman would normally take a few years, or even her lifetime to get to that point. Caitlyn Jenner has had the advantage and privilege of being…

Bleachers by John Grisham is completely nonexistent. The females in the high school will do anything to be with a Spartan. They would completely objectify themselves just to have the so-called pride to have given up their virginity to a Spartan. Neely Crenshaw was one of these Spartans who had women thrown at him. Cameron was Neely’s high school sweetheart until he became a glorified all-star quarterback. She was never okay with the objectification of women in the town, as she suffered ten-year…

Book Review Beyond Machismo: Intersectional Latino Masculinities. By Aida Hurtado and Mrinal Sinha. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2016, 272 pp., $29.95 (paper) Aida Hurtado and Mrinal Sinha’s Beyond Machismo: Intersectional Latino Masculinities finds itself entering in the midst of some very busy noisy conversations regarding Masculinities. As the recently-concluded 2016 Presidential Election has revealed, what it means to be Men in the United States (if not the West/Global North)…

In the following I discuss how several tenets of critical race theory helped shape the findings of this paper. CRT in education can help identify, analyze, and transform structural and cultural ideology that disadvantages students of color in classrooms (Solórzano & Yosso, 2002). Furthermore, Ladson-Billings (1998) proposes that the use of CRT in education can be used as a tool to: deconstruct oppressive structures and discourses, reconstruct human agency, and construct equitable and socially…

Bleachers had taken place in a football-obsessed town named Messina. A small town of about 8,000 lived for Friday night football games. The story was told in third person point of view. The rising action of this book begins with Neely Crenshaw, who is returning to his hometown of Messina. Back in the 1980’s, he was the school’s star quarterback who helped lead the team to a state championship in 1987. He continued his football career at a tech college where he illegally accepted money to play.…

and effectiveness", 2018) Another kind of therapy is speech-language therapy and it works with a child or adult one-on-one, in a small group, or even directly in a classroom to overcome many difficulties involved with this specific disorder. (Crenshaw, "Speech-Language Therapy", 2015) Some individuals that have autism may not be able to actually communicate…

because it brought up the uncommon viewpoint of the double discrimination African-American women face during this time period. Furthermore, even today many struggles minority women endured are usually perceived as women struggle or minority struggle. Crenshaw (1989) states, “Black women’s Blackness or femaleness sometimes has placed their needs and perspectives at the margin of the feminist and Black liberationist agendas” (p.150). Conclusively, Hidden Figures was a fascinating and enjoyable…

This is demonstrated in Akeelah and The Bee as the children in Crenshaw middle school are shown be of a low academic ability as they do not consider education an importance. Akeelah however, is distinctive as she has a unique gift for spelling. This illuminates her from the rest of the students which leads to other students…

smaller disparity between males and female population (“Female Infanticide”, 2016). This crime is also relevant to India because of the main reason for committing female infanticide in India was due to its culture preferring sons over daughters (Fuse & Crenshaw, 360). As explained before, Indian culture sees men as superior over women. Having a son is only beneficial to a family because the son can continue on with the family name and property. Eventually, a son will marry a woman and receive…