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Understanding Intersectionality: Overlapping Social Inequalities

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Legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term 'intersectionality' in 1989 to describe how Black women's experiences with discrimination were often invisible because they were not just sexist or just racist, but a unique combination of both.

Why this is interesting

Imagine a pair of glasses that only lets you see one color, yet the world is a spectrum of overlapping shades. How can we truly understand the picture if we keep ignoring the intersections?