Intersectionality
This term describes how race, gender, class, and other identities overlap to shape an individual's experience.
What is intersectionality?
This is the gap between the rich and the poor in income and wealth.
What is wealth or economic inequality?
This is the lack of enough money to meet basic needs like food, shelter, and clothing.
What is poverty?
Schools in wealthy neighborhoods often have more of this than schools in low-income areas.
What is funding (or money)?
This term describes when men and women are not treated the same, especially in work or education.
What is gender inequality?
She coined the term “intersectionality” in 1989 while analyzing how Black women are marginalized by both racism and sexism.
Who is Kimberlé Crenshaw?
People of this racial group often face higher rates of police stops and incarceration in the U.S.
Who are Black or African American people?
This government program provides food assistance to low-income individuals and families.
What is SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)?
Students from this racial group are more likely to attend underfunded schools and face higher suspension rates.
Who are Black or African American students?
On average, women in the U.S. earn less than men for doing the same job. This is called the what?
What is the gender pay gap?
Understanding intersectionality helps social workers and teachers do this better.
What is support people fairly and with more understanding?
This term describes when someone is treated unfairly because of their gender.
What is gender discrimination?
A person working full-time but still not earning enough to escape poverty is often called this.
What is the working poor?
Schools in poorer communities may not have enough of these, like textbooks, computers, or updated buildings.
What are resources?
Women are underrepresented in these high-ranking roles at major companies.
What are leadership or executive positions?
A person who is both LGBTQ+ and disabled may face unique challenges because of this.
What is having intersecting identities?
This type of inequality occurs when some people have better access to good schools, healthcare, and safe neighborhoods.
What is social inequality?
Children, single mothers, and people of color are more likely to experience this economic condition.
What is poverty?
This type of school funding, based on local property taxes, often causes unequal school quality.
What is property tax-based funding?
This type of leave, important for new mothers, is not guaranteed or paid in many U.S. jobs.
What is maternity leave?
Intersectionality is crucial in policymaking because it ensures that laws and systems do this for diverse populations.
What is address the unique needs and barriers faced by people with overlapping identities?
This group of Americans is more likely to live in poverty, especially on Native reservations.
Who are Indigenous or Native American people?
This line, set by the government, determines who is officially considered poor.
What is the poverty line (or poverty threshold)?
Students who speak a language other than English at home may face this kind of barrier in school.
What is a language barrier (or language inequality)?
This group faces both gender and racial inequality, often earning the least among all women.
Who are women of color?