Intersectionality is literally something that happens between sections.
Intersectionality is not necessarily the same as intersectionalism. The former refers to a neutral state, such as the state of roads which intersect, or be it troubles.
It refers to the convergence of lines, such as when problems or roads or stitches line up or across each other.
Prejudice convergence, or any other convergence of lines of thought.
When it comes to oppression, intersectionality is the phenomenon in which individuals experience oppression or privilege based on a belonging to a plurality of social categories. The term was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989.[3][4][5] It's used to refer to the complex and cumulative way that the effects of different forms of discrimination (such as racism, sexism, and classism) combine, overlap, and yes, intersect—especially in the
The term was coined by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw in a 1989 essay that asserts that antidiscrimination law, feminist theory, and antiracist politics all fail to address the experiences of black women because of how they each focus on only a single factor. Crenshaw writes that "[b]ecause the intersectional experience is greater than the sum of racism and sexism, any analysis that does not take intersectionality into account cannot sufficiently address the particular manner in which Black women are subordinated."
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 is the idea that social identities, related systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination, and multiple group identities intersect to create a whole that is different from the component identities. These aspects of identity are not "unitary, mutually exclusive entities, but rather ... reciprocally constructing phenomena".[1] The theory proposes that individuals think of each element or trait of a person as inextricably linked with all of the other elements in order to fully understand one's identity.[2] The term was coined by the American feminist legal scholar, critical race theorist, and civil rights advocate Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw.
This framework, it is argued by its proponents, can be used to understand systemic injustice and social inequality in many ways.[3] Proponents claim that racism, sexism, classism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and religious or other belief-based bigotry and persecution—do not act independently of each other. Instead, these forms of oppression interrelate, creating a system of oppression that reflects the "intersection" of multiple forms of discrimination.[4]
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Prejudice; Intersectional spirituality; Intersection; Intersectional; Intersectionalism