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Intersectionality

When one looks up the term intersectionality, they can find an image like the heart below...a group of meaningful words that we all live by each day. Whether it’s race, gender, age, sexual orientation. Regardless of the placement we have categorized into by our society, we all deserve the same opportunities. We deserve to be viewed upon by who we are internally, not strictly by what people see on the outside. We as human beings, deserve the same opportunities, the same dreams and can all conquer all of the same obstacles. 

Jeff Hearn states in his article titled, Putting Together Things that are Often Kept Apart, “the concept of intersectionality has been widely used in recent years in both academy and policy debates.” But really, where did intersectionality derive from? Intersectionality can be traced back to the mid-19th century when abolitionist Frederick Douglass championed women’s suffrage. It can also be traced back to 1960 to the Black feminist writings of free thinker Michele Wallace and Angela Davis. 

Intersectionality is nothing new. It is something that has recently gotten bigger due to the rapid growth of social media. I think that Kimberle Crenshaw was on the right path when stating it needs to start with our schools educating the students about equality and giving all students equal opportunities. Also letting informing them that it does not matter what race, gender, religion or class they are, they can be whatever they want to be. If we start with the kids, we will teach the next generation that there are no limitations. 

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This video is an eye opener to how much we can change this issue with intersectionality just by changing the organization within the curriculum and opportunities that lie within in our schools. Schools need to give all students the same opportunities. Kimberly Crenshaw states in this video that intersectionality is a “prism of understanding.” If we understand the problem we can change the outcome.

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViDtnfQ9FHc)

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This photo reflects the most marginalized categories that people fall into in our society; especially on online platforms. Kimberly Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate as well as a leading scholar and professor a UCLA and Columbia Law School helped develop and study this theory of overlapping oppression and discrimination. 

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The view that women experience oppression in varying configurations and in varying degrees of intensity. Cultural patterns of oppression are not only interrelated, but are bound together and influenced by the intersectional systems of society. Examples of this include race, gender, class, ability, and ethnicity.”

Kimberly Crenshaw

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10572435/Intersectional-feminism.-What-the-hell-is-it-And-why-you-should-care.html

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Intersectionality has been a topic of importance in the world due the its impact of obstacles and issues relating to inequality. We should all have the same opportunities regardless of the identity we are categorized or placed into by society.