intersectionality

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Intersectionality originally referred to the idea that different aspects of a person’s identity can combine to shape unique experiences of discrimination or disadvantage.

The concept is derived from the woke worldview.

For instance, a black woman is typically viewed as more oppressed and disadvantaged than a black man.

In its narrower academic sense, it is an analytical framework developed to study overlapping forms of inequality.

In the woke activist worldview, it often serves as a framework for understanding social and political issues primarily through interacting systems of power associated with identity categories.

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