A slide show describing intersectionality simply. This can easily be expanded. Created by Emily Fontenot

1. INTERSECTIONALITY 101
Emily Fontenot

2. What is intersectionality?
Term coined by Kimberle Crenshaw in 1989
Google defines it as “the interconnected nature of social
categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they
apply to a given individual or group, regarded as
creating overlapping and interdependent systems of
discrimination or disadvantage.”

3. But what else is it?
It is not just a means of pointing out one’s oppression.
It is not a means of pointing out one’s own or someone
else’s privilege.
Intersectionality incorporates all aspects of a person’s
identity and allows them to be a three-dimensional human
being.

4. Everyone is intersectional
No one is just one thing. Everyone is a combination of traits
and axes of identity that combine to create a whole person.

5. An illustration
Crenshaw created a chart to help map one’s intersections.

6. Another way to process
Crenshaw’s chart is very effective; yet it can still enable a
privilege/oppression binary. Intersectionality is fluid. It
is rooted in the person. The angle shown depends on the
setting the person is in. Privilege and oppression, even, can
vary in a person’s day-to-day life.

7. A Venn Diagram
Intersectionality is kind of like a venn diagram.

8. A Lava Lamp
But it’s more like a lava lamp.
Take a look and imagine each glob as a different aspect of a
person’s identity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4E59Sn40MY

9. It takes practice
No one is born thinking intersectionally. It takes practice.
Keep an open mind, and force to yourself to see other’s
intersections and how each may affect their life.
It’ll make the world a better place if you do.