Perspectives on Intersectionality

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

5 hours

External Cost

No

Lesson Plan

Source

Activity created by Dr. Lindsey Macdonald and Dr. Aletha Stahl, CILMAR, Purdue University, based on the following:

 

Combahee River Collective. (1977). The Combahee River Collective statement

 

Crenshaw, K. (1989). Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: The black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics. University of Chicago Legal Forum, 1(8). https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/uclf/vol1989/iss1/8

As a result of completing this reflective essay, participants will be able to: 1. Define intersectionality and briefly trace the history of the term. 2. Describe how intersectionality is mobilized in Black Lives Matter and one other contemporary social justice movement. 3. Identify a critique of the concept and reflect on whether they would apply the concept to a movement they care about.