Intersectionality

Intersectionality can be defined as “the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage” ("Intersectionality - Definition Of Intersectionality In English | Oxford Dictionaries"). In other words, intersectionality is how one sees society categorizes a person due to their…

regards to the intersection of race and gender. Kimberlé Crenshaw coined this intersection of race and gender as intersectionality. Intersectionality is highlighted by Megan Thee Stallion in her activism. In the video “Why I Speak Up for Black Women”, she highlights the misogynoir black women face. Therefore, by analyzing the experience of black women through the lens of intersectionality, one can better understand how racial and gender stereotypes affect black women sociopolitically and their…

The experiences of Sharon Kowalski and Karen Thompson’s highlights of oppressions has a couple relations to “intersectionality”. Intersectionality is related to Frye’s bird cage theory because Kowalski and Thompson mentions that the intersectionality theory arose to address black feminism and anti-discrimination law (Crenshaw, p. 172). The cage wires on the bird cage can represent all the hardship these oppressed groups have to…

another. Although not explicitly stated, these concepts of intersectionality are also well-suited to map identities of power, particularly to help understand and abolish the power and authority assumed by white women through our whiteness. It is only in an examination of these multiple, contextual, and dynamic points of intersection that the complete realities of social hierarchy may be observed and…

this regard, the bit representing the status of intersectionality human identity comprising the interconnected various dimension, levels and aspects. It is also an important relationship between the privileged and underprivileged people who can be seen in various situations (e.g. the relationship between blacks and whites, men and women). Cultural appropriation is examined for the different characteristics of culture. Intersectionality Intersectionality is the analytical tool that helps…

The purpose of this study is to examine the intersectionality of race and gender for African American women working at predominately white institutions as faculty, staff, and/or administrators. Many Black women working in higher education often experience marginalization, social exclusion, and lack effective mentoring in academia. Using a theoretical approach, I will use the critical race theory and black feminist thought as the framework to explore the effects race and gender has on African…

inequality that relate to inequality within New Zealand. These theories attempt to provide a theoretical explanation to help us understand issues of inequality. This essay seeks to discuss how theories of social inequality, human rights and intersectionality, relate to the topic of race within New Zealand, in particular Maori and Pacifica experiences of inequality. Firstly I will introduce the issue of inequality and race and how it manifests in New Zealand, secondly I will discuss the theories,…

Introduction The name of my group’s presentation is called “LGBTQ: Through a Cultural Lens”. The purpose of my group’s presentation is to explain the intersectionality of race, religion, and sexuality and its implications on the individual. To be specific, my group will concentrate on the implications that come with being LGBTQ and Muslim or LGBTQ and Latino(a). The work for this presentation was evenly divided among each member of the group. Victoria Eichenlaub and Katie Zurita worked on both…

that of the stock shade they use for every undergarment of the sort. People of colour might as well buy and wear a neon green bra to wear underneath their garments, as the colour would show the same as these bras that are marketed as skin tone. Intersectionality strikes again, as racism and sexism clash to create unequal opportunity within the lingerie…

metaphor only makes sense when we discuss feminist movements developed in a centralized and immovable area. In Dill and Zambrana’s “Critical Thinking About Inequality: An Emerging Lens” they cover the importance of understanding and applying intersectionality to see socially imposed boundaries. These imposed boundaries are not limited to but include, higher incarceration rates of women of color, lower wages for women all across the world, and the destruction of single mother welfare…