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The aim and objectives of this section are to introduce the basic concepts and terms in the field of intersectionality. After completing this section, you will:
• be able to define basic concepts such as intersectionality and intersectional justice;
• recognise the importance of the intersection of different individual identities and the intersectional discrimination involved;
• know why it is necessary to address intersectionality to ensure intersectional justice;
• recognise intersectional discrimination and intersectional justice.
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The badge holder knows what intersectional discrimination and intersectional justice are and recognises them in practice, recognises the importance of the intersectionality of different individual identities and the intersectional discrimination involved, and the importance of addressing intersectionality to ensure intersectional justice.
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People belong to different social and socially constructed categories at the same time, such as ‘race’, gender, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, disability and others, which together affect our experiences of discrimination and privilege.
We therefore have different personal characteristics/circumstances or identities.
Intersectional discrimination refers to situations where an individual or group faces multiple forms of discrimination at the same time. It refers to simultaneous effect or intersection of different discriminations. These personal circumstances, identities and social categories do not add up, but rather intersect, thus creating a ‘new reality’. This is not a simple sum of individual personal characteristics/ circumstances or individual discriminations, but a specific situation created by the simultaneous interaction of personal characteristics/circumstances and their associated discriminations.
Think about and write down an example of intersectional discrimination you have experienced or know about.
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Do you recognise the intersection in the illustration below? Write down your opinion.