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Intersectionality and the Overlap of Multiple Forms of Discrimination
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What is the term used to describe the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, gender, class, and sexuality, and the ways in which they create overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination and privilege?
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Intersectionality
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Intersectionality is a term coined by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989 to describe the ways in which multiple forms of discrimination can overlap and intersect to create unique and complex experiences of oppression.