Intersectionality
Concept that systems of oppression (race, class, gender) intersect and interact. Coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw analyzing Black women's experiences. Identities are not additive but multiplicative. Single-axis frameworks miss compound discrimination. Matrix of domination (Patricia Hill Collins) describes interlocking oppressions. Intersectionality is both analytical tool and political practice. Applied to law, sociology, activism. Critiqued for complexity and identity politics. Essential for understanding lived experience of marginalization.
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