Sentence examples for intersectional from inspiring English sources

"intersectional" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is often used in discussions of intersectional feminism, which is an approach to understanding and addressing oppression that recognizes the multiple layers of discrimination and disadvantage faced by individuals who are both marginalized and part of multiple identities. For example, one might say "The speaker used an intersectional approach to analyze the various forms of oppression faced by racial minorities, women, and people with disabilities."

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intersectional

adjective

Of or pertaining to an intersection, especially of multiple forms of discrimination.

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These things intersect – that's why we call them intersectional.

Reflection on Crenshaw's own intersectional account illustrates the point: she examines the intersection of race and gender but abstracts from other salient social identities, such as disability status, sexual orientation, and religion.

Rather, identity is said to be "intersectional": an agent's sense of self is subject to multiple and intersecting modes of oppression, for instance, those of class, gender, race, and sexuality (e.g., Crenshaw 1991).

So why doesn't the international aid community ensure that issues of intersectional discrimination and the various types of disabilities get equal inclusion in government policies?

This is known as intersectional discrimination.

The NCAA championship games were televised nationally from 1963, and by the 1980s all three major television networks were telecasting intersectional college games during the November-to-March season.

During the period of mounting intersectional strife, Davis spoke widely in both North and South, urging harmony between the sections.

The teenagers, who describes themselves as "just some intersectional feminists fighting against sexual harassment", say they are standing up for all victims of gig groping, male and female.

Similarly many people know how intersectionality affects them and others around them, even if they don't consider themselves to be intersectional or even know what it means.

It is galling that Andrew Neil doesn't "know what an intersectional issue is", in his own words, yet cut me off when I tried to explain.

Although socialist firebrand Corbyn may be Labour leader, it is Diane Abbott who has tirelessly pioneered an intersectional British socialism.

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