Intersectionality is often used as a byword for what is really coalition building, or just good old fashioned love thy neighbor.
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Intersectionalty is built on the understanding that the intersection of two oppressions modifies each.
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The generative example being black women refused both the black jobs reserved for black men and the women's jobs reserved for white women.
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The extends into a coalition argument of the form "if you care about x, you must care about y, bc of people who are x and y."
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The argument being reversible (in theory), we then imagine intersectionality to imply a stitching together of all oppressions.
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Those who live at the intersections are supposed to be the grounds, then, for us to tie together our boats, as it were.
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And while I think that is a valuable vision, I worry that it risks forgetting the whole point of intersectionality!
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The whole point of intersectionality is to say "don't assume my oppression looks like yours just bc of any one factor."
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Which is why at the end of the day, we have to rely on knowing and loving and listening to each other.
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And paying close attention, especially to people at the intersections of multiple oppressions...
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To find out what we're missing, if what we're doing is serving the people we want to serve, etc etc
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And also making a conscious effort to care about ESPECIALLY those struggles we DON'T know about and CAN'T necessarily relate to easily.
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