Green River LibGuides: One Book 2021-2022: So You Want to Talk about Race: What Is Intersectionality and Why Do I Need It?

Understanding Intersectionality

Articles
Videos

Chapter 5: What Is Intersectionality and Why Do I Need It?

Intersectionality, and the necessity of considering intersectionality, applies to more than just our social justice efforts. Our government, education system, economic system, and social systems all should consider intersectionality if they have any hope of effectively serving the public....

-From "So You Want to Talk About Race," Chapter 5

Background Articles

These are articles that come from encyclopedias, overview reports, books, or similarly sourced aimed at providing the basic facts on a topic.

Intersectionality A 2011 article from Anti-Immigration in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia
Intersectionality A 2013 article from the Encyclopedia of Race and Racism
Intersectional Theories From the SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender
Intersections of Race and Gender From the Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States
Racial Discrimination, Sexual Orientation–Based A 2017 article from The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender

Scholarly Articles

These are articles from scholarly/academic journals that are written by researchers and other experts in their fields to share the findings of their original research with others in the field. .

The "Welfare Queen" Goes to the Polls: Race-Based Fractures in Gender Politics and Opportunities for Intersectional Coalitions. A 2020 article from the Georgetown Law Journal
#Seehername: Using Intersectionality and Storytelling to Bring Visibility to Black Women in Employment Discrimination and Police Brutality A 2021 article from DePaul Journal for Social Justice
Black Women and Girls & #MeToo: Rape, Cultural Betrayal, & Healing
Colorblind Intersectionality From the journal Intersectionality: Theorizing Power, Empowering Theory
Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color Kimberle Crenshaw, Stanford Law Review, 1993.
Not So Safe a Space: Women Activists of Color's Responses to Racial Microaggressions by White Women Allies The authors' "analysis revealed three themes of microaggressions: (a) tone policing, (b) expecting to be educated, and (c) attacking and defensive posturing. Furthermore, our findings also yielded three themes of responses to racial microaggressions: (a) active confrontation, (b) casual consciousness, and (c) aggressive confrontation."
Post-Ferguson: A "Herstorical" Approach to Black Violability

Multimedia

Videos can be great sources of information. Linked below are some featured - both from the library's streaming collection, as well as videos on the web.