successfully move forward. I draw from Kimberlé Crenshaw’s term “intersectionality” coined in 1989. While this term often used in the field of women’s and gender studies‚ the nature of the concept is crucial to understanding the current issue of Pennsylvania gerrymandering. Crenshaw states that issues of oppression must be looked at‚ through the intersection of identities because “we don’t live one issue lives‚” (The Urgency of Intersectionality). Moreover‚ the same way oppression for people does not operate
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After having read “Intersectionality‚” I reached the conclusion that there is no correct way to define said word as it can take many forms. However‚ if I had to define it in my own words‚ I would say intersectionality is an important tool needed to understand the complex connection between individuals and the larger forces at work which shape them as well as society. In the chapter “Intersectionality‚” Collins makes it clear that by attempting to understand the links which bind everyone together
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Brooklyn Bradley Ms. Pinkard Engl 2013 2 September‚ 2013 Intersectionality Assignment The definition of intersectionality states that it is the social theory suggesting various socially and culturally constructed categories of discrimination interact on multiple and often simultaneous levels‚ contributing to systematic social inequality. Intersectionality holds that the classical models of oppression within society‚ such as those based on race/ethnicity‚ gender‚ religion‚ nationality
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I will try to explain intersectionality. First of all you need to know what intersectionality is. Intersectionality is a theoretical framework which explains violence or discrimination against humans. Now I will give you an example and then try to connect it to intersectionality. I will use an example of spider web to explain this theory. This example will give you some idea about intersectionality. Think about a spider web. A Point in the centre and all threads connected to each other. If we remove
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Anabella Morabito 04/04/2015 Reflection Paper #5 The Canaanite Woman In her book‚ Back to the Well‚ Frances Gench explores the story of the Syro-Phoenician‚ or Canaanite‚ woman. She offers an exegesis of the two different accounts found in Matthew and Mark. One of the points which I find extremely fascinating in Gench’s work is the idea of ethnic boundaries that is reflected in Jesus’ response to the Gentile woman. Gench claims that in the words of Matthew 10:5-6 "Jesus now conveys his own sense
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228) Intersectionality in social movements has been more progressive than intersectionality in the academy. Black Feminist are agents of knowledge‚ knowledge that no other woman has which makes it unique. By having Black feminists adjust their experience to match that of a dominant group‚ Black feminist would become “two persons” just as they were during women suffrage movement and civil rights movement and that’s not what intersectionality for a Black Feminist is about. Intersectionality for Black
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According to Sorrells and Sekimoto‚ social justice movements or problems are “focused on single identities such as race‚ gender‚ or sexual orientation.” (Sorrells and Sekimoto 269) Intersectionality is a double discrimination against a certain group of people. In the TedTalk by Kimberlé Crenshaw‚ she explains intersectionality as an overlap of social justice problems‚ which include sexism and racism. Crenshaw brings up an interesting point that we often do not even think about. Crenshaw talks about a
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Intersectionality is “the theory that the overlap of various social identities‚ as race‚ gender‚ sexuality‚ and class‚ contributes to the specific type of systematic oppression and discrimination experienced by an individual” (Vimeo 2018). Intersectionality in my definition would be described as the power of hierarchy and its ability to diminish an individual’s importance. With that meaning‚ an individual belonging to multiple minority classes and identities such as their race‚ culture‚ gender‚ religion
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What is intersectionality? Intersectionality is the critical understanding and recognition of the ways in which oppressive institutions are interconnected. The concept was first coined in 1989 by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw‚ and is largely used in critical theories- especially that of feminism‚ when discussing systematic oppression. The term acknowledges that varying structures and degrees of intensity in oppression are interrelated‚ shaped by the interaction of different identities (e.g.‚race
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The topic of intersectionality was discussed in our daily interactions during our week 5 discussion. The term intersectionality was actually first coined in 1989 by black legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw within her essay Black legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” in her profound essay‚ “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine‚ Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics.” Instersectionality is a sociological
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