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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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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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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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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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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you can never been 100% knowledgeable about because it is forever growing and changing with new people experiences every day. I liked that Alaina used the sentence‚ "Intersectionality was a lived reality before it became a term." I think this is so important to recognize. Racism and sexism and all of its possible intersectionalities have been happening for years and was mostly ignored for a very long time. Tiffany‚ the sentence you used was‚ "One study of hiring processes found‚ “Employers sought
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and an image of status are such inferences that advisements take into consideration. Forming their idea‚ companies might use intersectionality by using gender roles‚ racial practices‚ and religion to connect the audience with the ad for future profit. A very current and controversial advertisement by Pepsi is just one example that uses multiple aspects of intersectionality to appeal to their audience. The commercials central idea focuses on standing out‚ but with‚ the crowd by “living bold”. The
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beings‚ the patriarchy and its’ power structures have still made a negative impact in the way this movement is shaped and perpetuated‚ especially in terms of intersectionality and identity politics. Whose voices are heard? What issues are prioritized? Who is considered a “true” feminist? When we ask how and why issues of identity and intersectionality are relevant to feminist theorizing‚ the answer is simple. When the true and complex identities of individuals and social groups are ignored‚ what forms
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