ADMJ 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Sexual Orientation, Intersectionality
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Understanding intersectionality and the ways in which it informs people"s experiences of the. Intersections of social divisions in the criminal justice system, including: Term coined by african american legal scholar kimberle crenshaw. Term has its origins in black feminist scholarship. Intersectionality is the multiple aspects of our identity such as: age, gender, class, Disability and mental health, sexual orientation and gender diversity, being indigenous, , which can come together in a cumulative way and have an impact on the way we experience our lives. The different intersections are afforded different power and access to resources. E. g white women may experience relative privilege because of their race, whilst also encountering gender-based oppression and discrimination. Another example for ^ black people with darker skin colour experience greater levels of disadvantage and inequality, because they are positioned further away from the ideal" of whiteness. Potter (2015: 14) explains that research has demonstrated that darker-skinned.
