EXTENSION - INTERSECTIONALITY

The theme for Part One of the Extension is Intersectionality. Intersectionality, a term coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw more than 30 years ago, is defined as “the complex, cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination combine, overlap, or intersect especially in the experiences of marginalized individuals or groups.” Recognizing intersectionality is important for understanding how individual and group economic, political, and social identities compound one another and affect power structures, including power imbalances, resulting in different experiences of privilege or marginality. Examples of social categories that may intersect in this manner include age, class, caste, disability, ethnicity, gender, geographic location, migration status, physical appearance, race, religion, sex, sexuality, and sexual orientation. For the next three days we will explore how progress to dismantle discrimination of disability, gender, and orientation, is similar to other processes dismantling racism.