Vocabulary
“The unearned advantage that some people in society have by virtue of their gender, race/ethnicity, class, ability, and/or social locations and identities.”
Identity Politics
A term that is debated for either being “diverse groups of people battling against one another over who is the most oppressed” or a way for people who have been excluded from society’s institutions to forge a “place for themselves in the public sphere, embodying democracy, and healing the wounds of colonialist-imperialist patriarchy”
What is Identity politics
A phrase historically used to describe groups fighting over who is more oppressed.
What is “Oppression Olympics”
“The manifestation of systemic oppression as negative societal messages are turned inward and reflected in somatic and emotional life, impacting self-perception as well as interpersonal and social functioning”.
Internalized Oppression
The first group of people to identify intersectionality from their lived experiences
Who are black women
The term most comparable to our current prison industrial complex (PIC).
What is the Pillar of “Slavery/Capitalism”
A term used to describe people who have more privilege than others within a dominant social system.
Agents
The phenomena “when one marginalized group turns against another marginalized group” due to internalized prejudice often leading to weakened political strength
What is horizontal hostility
The pillar most often used as the logic to justify racial profiling and the dismissal of specific groups via racial hierarchy.
What is the Pillar of “Orientalism/War”
A method of dialogue which utilizes the following components: Observations, Feelings, Needs, and Requests.
Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
An example of the inner workings of intersectional organizing where a recent transition in terminology showing the importance an intersectional lens in our language can have on activism.
What is “pro-choice” to “reproductive justice"
The pillar of Genocide/Capitalism is what allows non-Native peoples to feel like they can rightfully own Indigenous peoples’ land. This pillar is often referred to as the “anchor” of what?
What is the “Anchor of Colonialism”
A process by which subgroups of larger oppressed communities are excluded from functioning within a social system.
Secondary Marginalization
Techniques for groups to “ engage in transformative social justice conversation and action”
What is “Calling in” and “Nonviolent communication”
The belief that the struggle that is happening here is more important than elsewhere.
What is "US-centricism"