Mapping The Margins Summary

Some may live through being sexually abused, live in extreme poverty, or even fall victim of being physical or verbally abused. Whatever the reason is, this book shows an outlet for these struggles. The only way we can help others fight these intersectionality issues is by knowing your privilege and using it to help the oppressed with no voice. In Brittney Cooper’s article “Feminism’s ugly internal clash: Why its future is not up to the white women” she states that “the future of feminism is not up to the white women. Not by themselves anyway”.

In “Intersectional Resistance and Law Reform,” Dean Spade proposes that the United States was founded through “racialization…(which) continues to operate under new guises… that produce, manage, and deploy gender categories and sexuality and family norms” (16). More over, these laws and norms tend to maintain the “status quo,” and employ an inherently flawed justice system that is only equipped to address single-axis discrimination issues (5). Thus, the intersectionality movement is largely dismissed by the social and justice systems, as it utilizes “critical intersectional tools… that are often (too) difficult for legal scholars to comprehend” (17). Interstionality’s progress is also impeded by advocates leaving to support single-axis issues. However, Spade warns that this approach is ineffective, as it fails to protect the most marginalized members of society.

In “Coalitions as a Model for Intersectionality: From Practice to Theory,” Elizabeth Cole addresses how the intersectional approach should be utilized to form coalitions that seek to advance marginalized populations (1). However, unlike the feminist movement, that narrowly defined its goals and constituency, these newly formed coalitions should be broad based, incorporating diverse populations and directives. Moreover, the alliances can even be formed by seemingly unlike populations, which when analyzed through the intersectional lens, may share similar experiences and goals. In addition, by examining the numerous axis of gender, race, and other intersectional components, one can identify other similarities not previously recognized.

Identity is how a person is perceived by both themselves and others. Combining different values, experiences, and distinguishing characteristics make up a person's identity. Intersectionality is how people are disadvantaged due to race, gender, and status, which shape their identity. This disadvantage is evident through the oppression and discrimination towards the individual and their identity. In Brent Staples' essay "Black Men in Public Spaces," we learn how appearance, a defining aspect of identity, can lead to unwarranted discrimination and trepidation.

Bibliography - Susan J. Ferguson. ' Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Class.' Dimensions of Inequality and Identity, SAGE Publications, 7/16/2015 - Jamila Osman. ' Navigating Intersectionality: How Race, Class, and Gender Overlap.'

Some Black women feel they face many gender and racial forms of nuances in the workplace. Intersectionality can show Black women alternatives to be more flexible, have more antidiscrimination perspectives, and better engagement. This could possibly break the barriers of gender and race discrimination at work that cause hurt and misunderstandings. Because of the many personal and socio-demographic portrayals of Black women, they are marginalized in many work institutions and encounter loss of work promotions, wage increases, and proper work evaluations. In “The Fifth Black Woman,” the hypothetical story of Mary examines this very instance of performative conception of race and identity intersectionality.

Intersectionality is when there is other problematic society that affects a certain group of people within society is interconnected. The minority may all belong to the same group but yet there are many categories within that group that also deal with more than one form of oppression. In the article, the author makes valid points of the daily struggles of being a woman in society but also shines light on the issue that she also faces other forms of oppression because of her skin color. To the average white woman, the only form of institutionalized oppression they experience is solely gender based and therefore they tend to dismiss the idea that other races and religious fight for equality is much more intense. Intersectionality also contends

Sociology Kimberlé Crenshaw and Patricia Collins’ theory of intersectionality views race, class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, ability, Indigeneity, geography, and age, as mutually constructing phenomena that structures complex social inequalities (Hankivsky, 2014; Collins, 2015). Collins stresses that no homogenous standpoint exists for an individual, however, a collective standpoint for a group of individuals does exist, “one characterised by the tensions that accrue to different responses to common challenges” (Collins, 2000, p. 28). Essentially, intersectionality refers to individuals who can experience multiple forms of discrimination when their identities overlap several minority classes (Collins, 2000). Stigma is a social

Intersectionality the analytical framework coined by Kimberle Crenshaw in 1989 was a key principle in the black feminism era in American history. As stated by Crenshaw, “Intersectionality is a lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects. It’s not simply that there’s a race problem here, a gender problem here, and a class or LBGTQ problem there. Many times that framework erases what happens to people who are subject to all of these things.” (Columbia Law School, “Kimberle Creshaw on Intersectionality”).

The Intersectionality of Race, Class, and Gender: Understanding Marked and Unmarked Categories Introduction The concept of intersectionality has gained significant attention in recent years, especially in academic and social justice circles. Intersectionality refers to the interconnectedness of various social categories, such as race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability, and how these intersect to shape individuals' experiences. The idea of marked and unmarked categories is a key aspect of intersectionality, particularly in relation to racial identities. This essay will explore the concept of marked and unmarked categories, with a focus on race, class, and gender, using references from Kimberlé Crenshaw's TED Talk, Lisa Wade's Gender Sociology, and @PracticalPsychologyTips' YouTube video on Social Identity Theory.

Intersectionality is defined by social categories, such as race and gender that have interconnected to apply to individuals and groups, causing an overlap, which has consequently created a system of discrimination and disadvantages Kimberle Crenshaw coined the term in her article ‘Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Anti-racist Politics’ (1889). Intersectionality can be recognised in many iconic Disney films such as, Cinderella, snow white. Aladdin and little mermaid. All these well-known movies provide societal intersections. This can be addressed through the protagonists and princesses ethnicity of being white, with Disney only recently introducing a black princess, in 2009.

Collin further explains how she does not deny that any certain groups did not face oppression that is worse than another, as “lynching is certainly objectively worse than being held up as a sex object” (p. 455, Collins). She is simply arguing that we need to reconstruct our views on oppression, and focus on replacing judgements with new ways of thinking and acting. In the case of North Carolina and Mississippi and these laws which disregard gender identity and focus on sex, a new way of thinking about transgendered individuals is imperative to furthering understanding and lessening discriminatory practices and legislations. “Intersectionality” by Irene Browne and Joya Misra, is about the topic of intersectionality in our society and how it stands as a crucial concept when

Black feminism issued as a theoretical and practical effort demonstrating that race, gender, and class are inseparable in the social worlds we inhabit. We need to understand the interconnections between the black and women’s

This intersectional approach allows for a more nuanced and complex understanding of how power operates in different contexts. For example, a feminist geographer might explore how the experiences of black women in urban spaces are shaped by both gender and race, as well as by other factors such as class and citizenship

Kareen Harboyan English 1C Professor Supekar March 15, 2018 Word Count: Crenshaw’s Mapping the Margins: The Marginalization of Women of Color Analyzed Through Generalization and A Feminist Lens Crenshaw's Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color expands on the multifaceted struggles of women of color and the generalizations ingrained in society that limit women of color and keep them in a box. In this text, Crenshaw builds on the concept of intersectionality which proposes that social categorizations such as gender and race are intertwined and have great influence on one another.