Intersectionality Page 2

The event I attended was a presentation given by Dr. Dean Franco, a professor in the English department and director of the Humanities Institute at Wake Forest. This event consisted of Franco talking about his new book, The Border and the Line – Race, Literature, and Los Angeles, published in January of 2019. The event…

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…

College students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ) experience a higher risk of psychopathological disorders such as but not limited to anxiety and depression due to the addition of imposed psychological stress that comes with identifying as a sexual or gender minority. (Borgogna, McDermott, Aita, & Kridel, 2018). These LGBTQ student’s…

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…

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…