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'''Intersectionality''' examines how various social identities (e.g., [[race]], [[gender]], [[class]], sexual orientation, ability, etc.) interact and create overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Bridie Taylor|newspaper=WomanKind Worldwide|title=Intersectionality 101: what is it and why is it important?|date=24 November 2019|url=https://www.womankind.org.uk/intersectionality-101-what-is-it-and-why-is-it-important/}}</ref> | '''Intersectionality''' examines how various social identities (e.g., [[race]], [[gender]], [[class]], sexual orientation, ability, etc.) interact and create overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Bridie Taylor|newspaper=WomanKind Worldwide|title=Intersectionality 101: what is it and why is it important?|date=24 November 2019|url=https://www.womankind.org.uk/intersectionality-101-what-is-it-and-why-is-it-important/}}</ref> | ||
Intersectionality helps highlight these overlapping forms of discrimination and their cumulative impact. For example, a working-class woman of color may experience racism, sexism, and exploitation as a proletarian simultaneously, each influencing and exacerbating the others. | Intersectionality helps highlight these overlapping forms of discrimination and their cumulative impact. For example, a working-class woman of color may experience racism, sexism, and exploitation as a proletarian simultaneously, each influencing and exacerbating the others. | ||
Sowing division along various social lines creates pockets of economically and politically vulnerable workers that the Capitalists can exploit to a much greater degree. The relative oppression of certain groups also help to depress wages and worsen working conditions for the entire workforce, due to competition in the labour market. | Sowing division along various social lines creates pockets of economically and politically vulnerable workers that the Capitalists can exploit to a much greater degree. The relative oppression of certain groups also help to depress wages and worsen working conditions for the entire workforce, due to competition in the labour market, and a decreased unity to organize for worker protections. | ||
Intersectionality as a concept emerged from liberal academia, which follows an "anything but Communism" approach to analyzing society; Marxist-Leninist theory, while much older, has ''always'' recognized and developed analyses of interlocking oppressions. The difference is that Marxism-Leninism recognizes that class struggle is the basis of all oppressions. Therefore, some people dismiss the term as a liberal co-optation that evacuates the class analysis, or as merely redundant. | Intersectionality as a concept emerged from liberal academia, which follows an "anything but Communism" approach to analyzing society; Marxist-Leninist theory, while much older, has ''always'' recognized and developed analyses of interlocking oppressions. The difference is that Marxism-Leninism recognizes that class struggle is the basis of all oppressions. Therefore, some people dismiss the term as a liberal co-optation that evacuates the class analysis, or as merely redundant. | ||
== Origin == | |||
Intersectionality, a term coined by [[Kimberlé Crenshaw]], is a framework for understanding how different social categories, such as race, gender, class, and sexuality, intersect to create unique experiences of discrimination and privilege | Intersectionality, a term coined by [[Kimberlé Crenshaw]], is a framework for understanding how different social categories, such as race, gender, class, and sexuality, intersect to create unique experiences of discrimination and privilege | ||
== References == | |||
[[Category:Social issues]] | [[Category:Social issues]] | ||
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Intersectionality examines how various social identities (e.g., race, gender, class, sexual orientation, ability, etc.) interact and create overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.[1]
Intersectionality helps highlight these overlapping forms of discrimination and their cumulative impact. For example, a working-class woman of color may experience racism, sexism, and exploitation as a proletarian simultaneously, each influencing and exacerbating the others.
Sowing division along various social lines creates pockets of economically and politically vulnerable workers that the Capitalists can exploit to a much greater degree. The relative oppression of certain groups also help to depress wages and worsen working conditions for the entire workforce, due to competition in the labour market, and a decreased unity to organize for worker protections.
Intersectionality as a concept emerged from liberal academia, which follows an "anything but Communism" approach to analyzing society; Marxist-Leninist theory, while much older, has always recognized and developed analyses of interlocking oppressions. The difference is that Marxism-Leninism recognizes that class struggle is the basis of all oppressions. Therefore, some people dismiss the term as a liberal co-optation that evacuates the class analysis, or as merely redundant.
Origin[edit | edit source]
Intersectionality, a term coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, is a framework for understanding how different social categories, such as race, gender, class, and sexuality, intersect to create unique experiences of discrimination and privilege
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Bridie Taylor (24 November 2019). "Intersectionality 101: what is it and why is it important?" WomanKind Worldwide.