KNOWT SET 5 — INTERSECTIONALITY

Intersectionality

The idea that different parts of identity can overlap and shape a person's experiences.

Identity

Different characteristics and social positions that help shape how people experience the world.

Audre Lorde

A writer and activist who argues that different forms of oppression cannot be treated as completely separate.

"There Is No Hierarchy of Oppression"

Lorde's argument that one form of oppression should not be treated as more important than another.

Lorde's Main Idea

People can experience several forms of oppression at the same time, and struggles against oppression are connected.

Oppression

Unfair treatment or disadvantage created by systems of power.

Atewologun

A scholar who explains intersectionality as a way to understand how identities and systems of power connect.

Intersectional Thinking

Looking at identities and social categories as connected instead of studying each one separately.

Social Categories

Categories such as race, gender, class, sexuality, and age that can shape people's experiences.

Systems of Power

Social structures that can create advantages or disadvantages for different groups.

Kimberlé Crenshaw

A legal scholar who developed the concept of intersectionality to explain how race and gender can overlap.

Crenshaw's Main Idea

Race and gender can interact in ways that cannot be fully understood by studying either one alone.

Women of Color

Crenshaw uses the experiences of women of color to show why race and gender must be studied together.

Structural Intersectionality

How overlapping identities can create different experiences within social structures.

Political Intersectionality

How political movements can overlook or marginalize people whose identities overlap.

Representational Intersectionality

How cultural images and representations can ignore or misrepresent people with intersecting identities.

Identity Politics

Political organizing around shared identities and experiences.

Marginalization

When a person or group is pushed to the side or not fully represented.

Race + Gender

Crenshaw shows that race and gender can work together to create experiences that neither category explains by itself.

Multiple Identities

People have several identities that can interact and shape their experiences at the same time.