The field of Black Studies serves as a critical lens through which we can analyze the historical and contemporary manifestations of systemic racism. As we learn more about it, we delve into the multifaceted nature of this issue, examining the role of influential figures, current political dynamics, and the ongoing efforts to address systemic racism. At the heart of Black Studies lies the exploration of systemic racism, which encompasses various dimensions including institutional discrimination, economic…
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Theorizing Intersecting Identities: The Introduction McCann and Kim introduce intersectionality like a kaleidoscope, a shifting prism of differences to examine the mobile and multiple configurations of domination in our lives (pg.163). In the 1980’s, an explosion of writing was recognized from Black women, women of color, and transnational feminist scholars that redirected the White hegemonic feminist theory. This chapter is an archive of challenging debates from various forms of scholarship on…
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The term intersectionality is now used as a theory or methodology to identify, study, and analyze real-world problems of various categories such like politics, society, gender, and education. The field of intersectionality can be divided in to three “engagements” or “frameworks”: 1). applications of intersectional frameworks; 2). intersectionality as a theoretical and methodological paradigm; 3). political interventions (Cho, Crenshaw, and McCall 2013). More particularly, McCall listed three approaches…
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Political Economy of Health 2/25/2015 Reading Notes 1. Kimberle Crenshaw - Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory, and Antiracist Politics (1989) a) A starting point: all the women are white and all the blacks are men. This is the rationale for Kimberle Crenshaw (1989) to develop her feminist criticism because black women are unfortunately marginalized from both gender inequality issue and antiracism fight. She…
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The Mandatory Veil Imagine having no possible means of escape and gazing into a horizon chocked-full of every possible weapon that can harm a person. Literally, seeing your demise and having no control to change the outcome. Picture bullets, bombs, knives rocks, bottles and anything else that can be formed into a weapon. Continue to maintain an open mind and visualize that at any given time and with no particular routine or order these weapons will be viciously hurled at a person at random.…
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Introduction To Sexuality Studies 13 December 2013 Marketing Through the Margins: The Unrecognized Privilege of "Same Love." Everything is racialized. Whether or not we realize it, race--and its culturally ingrained connotations--play a critical role in how we perceive music, film, and the world around us. In pop culture, a video or song's credibility is often contingent on the race of the person delivering the message. There are certain expectations tied to the performances…
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combined with other forms of intersecting discrimination, perpetuates systemic inequities in the workforce. By examining the challenges faced by marginalized groups and drawing upon insights from human capital theory, discrimination theories, and intersectionality theory, this paper advocates for comprehensive strategies to promote pay equity and create inclusive workplaces. Current State of the Gender Wage Gap: The current…
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Additionally, this article entails the problem of intersectionality for Indigenous women. To clarify, Crenshaw’s concept of intersectionality is the idea that an individual can be marginalized by more than one aspect of their status such as age, race and gender (Crenshaw 1989). That is to say, Indigenous women face marginalization due to their status as women and as Indigenous women (Crenshaw 1989). Subsequently, this can be supported by the first-peer-reviewed article…
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the intersectional approach to feminism occurred. Intersectionality was introduced in class through Crenshaw’s essay about the racial dimensions of sexual harassment of African-American women. Intersectionality relates to feminists studies because it’s an analytical way of looking at more than one identity. The two main identities that have to be incorporated in an intersectional analysis are race and gender, which are two of the issues that Crenshaw focused on in her argument. She made valuable points…
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Introduction: The contemporary evaluation of the gender wage gap sheds light on the deeply entrenched systemic injustices prevailing within the workforce. With women earning only approximately 63% of what men do on average, this glaring disparity in compensation not only impacts women directly but also exacerbates wage gaps among marginalized communities, including LGBTQ+ individuals and transgender individuals. Moreover, women of colour face compounded hurdles, receiving lower wages than their white…
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