What is intersectionality? Why is it important? How would you describe your own identity under an intersectional lens?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but must discuss intersectionality, a view that acknowledges that everyone has multiple group memberships and that these crisscross and create different experiences for people with varying combinations of statuses. The realities faced by gay, white-collar, Mexican American men are very different from those faced by heterosexual, blue-collar Puerto Rican women, even though both would be considered "Hispanic." From this perspective, you can see that no singular, uniform Hispanic American experience exists. We need to recognize how gender, class, sexual orientation, and other factors intersect with and reinforce one another. Students will discuss their own identity under and intersectional lens--for example: gay, Asian-American, disabled female from the middle class.
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