Intersectionality Page 2

The United States of America’s pledge of allegiance states liberty and justice for all which have become powerful words in our society. How far, and to who exactly, do those words extend to? These words have become a much-contested issue in our country for many, many years. From Mexican Americans to African Americans to Arab…

By partaking in this course, I have certainly gained a useful insight into the importance of managing diversity other than the need to comply with legislation. For example, it can be beneficial for organizations to link diversity to strategy in order to integrate personal, organizational and social values into their culture. I have learnt that…

People of color homosexuals, and poor people are viewed through the lenses of old racist, sexist, and classist prejudices. However, we — the young men and women of today — can transition to a new outlook that is all inclusive, welcoming and constructive through intersectionality. We hold the power to alter what is and is…

Intersectionality involves the social characteristics of one‘s identity, which incorporate societal, community, individual, and global factors like ability, age, class, sexual orientation, gender, and ability among others. According to Patricia Hill Collins and Kimberle’ Williams, the people of color feminists who developed intersectional theory, it is specifically concerned with social identities formation. The kinds of…

In the United States, LGBTQIA related issues have increasingly become the focus of political media, social activism, and educational research and can often be a central hub for young student leaders in college to grow. LGBT students at all levels of schooling face difficulties related to their identity. These problems stem from peers, administrators and…

An example of how a theory we learned about in the AIP readings has reflected in reality in the Women’s Center is a theory that was presented in the reading, “Age, Race, Class, Sex” by Audrey Lorde, Lorde asserts that “too often, we pour the energy needed for recognizing and exploring difference into pretending those…