The term „Intersectionality“ was introduced by Professor Kimberle Crenshaw, a professor at the UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School. It is the complicated, cumulative way the effects of multiple forms of discrimination (such as racism, sexism, and classism) combine, overlap, or intersect, especially marginalised individuals or groups’ experiences.
How do we use intersectionality to cope with discrimination?
According to the definition, there are people who belong to different victim groups at the same time. For example, a black woman who is a Muslim could belong to three different forms of discrimination: racism, sexism, Islamophobia. This person’s voice would rank higher than the voice of a black woman, and the latter person’s voice will weigh heavier than the voice of a black man. So when these groups come together and take actions, the could unify and strengthen their opinions by using diversity as a weapon.
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