Psychology
Intersectionality and Multiple Axes of Social Stratification
Quick fact
Intersectionality was coined by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989, and it grew out of a court case where a group of Black women lost a discrimination lawsuit because the court refused to see how race and gender combined to create a unique form of harm.
Why this is interesting
Imagine you are described by your gender, your race, your class, and your disability status all at once. How do these parts of you combine to shape the way the world treats you?