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DO YOU KNOW WHAT
INTERSECTIONALITY MEANS?

HERE IS WHY YOU SHOULD
The term 'intersectionality' was coined in 1989 by American scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw,
now a professor at Columbia Law School, to explain the specific experiences of
oppression of African-American women.

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he noted that gender and race were analyzed in different contexts when it came to law, and
that this erased what happens to people who are subject to discrimination due to more than
one identity dimension. For Crenshaw, to advocate effectively for equity seeking groups, it is
imperative to recognize how the convergence of racial and gender stereotypes may play out in
different settings.
From 1989 to today, activists have continued to evolve and develop the term to encompass
more than race and gender. Intersectionality is now referred to the interplay between any kind
of discrimination - for example but not limited to: race, gender, age, socioeconomic class, sexual
identity, religion, education, ability or ethnicity.
Currently, many workplaces, organizations and advocates continue to focus on single identity
dimensions. "As organizations recognize the deeply-researched benefits of diversity at work, I

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