SOSC 1185 Lecture 7: Intersectionality (Fall)

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1185
• Professor: Lee Wiggins

Document Summary

1: we need to consider: class, race, ethnicity, religion, abilities (disabilities), sexual orientation & sexualities, age, etc. and remember that criteria used to determine & characterize these categories as well as the meaning attached to the category are historically, socially constructed so change, intersectionality subverts race/gender binaries in the service of theorizing identity in a more complex fashion ; demonstrates that subjectivity is constituted by mutually reinforcing vectors of race, gender, class, and sexuality ; challenges a gender/race/class neutral approach and rejects the single axis framework (nash, 2008, p. 2) & oppression due to membership in both majority& minority groups: examining race, racialization & racism a) problematizing race, challenging biological determinism & idea of race" as only about biology, recognizing importance of dominant ideologies, cultural norms & values in socially constructing idea of race" that is then manipulated to define, reinforce & perpetuate unequal relations.