SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Gender Role, Trans Woman
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Coined in 1989 by critical race theorist kimberle crenshaw. Experience of all individuals: how all of these dimensions of oppression intersect with one another. Privilege: a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people. Privileged - occupying the dominant position within each of those social locations: the position that is considered the most desirable, that has the highest status, and that is attached to the most beneficial outcomes. By highlighting the complexity of different forms of inequalities, intersectionality highlights: relational concept - speaks to advantages that some people or groups possess in various forms of privilege greater amounts than other people or groups. Can stem from class, race and ethnicity, age, gender, education, physical ability, health, etc. From the perspective of privilege, disadvantaged experiences are often unseen, allowing people to go about their lives unaware of the privilege that they benefit from.
