Oppression is a daily struggle for many groups in society and it gets more complicated when intersected. Intersectionality is a theoretical frame work which explains violence or discrimination against human and Intersectionality is the study of intersections between different disenfranchised groups or groups of minorities. Specifically, the study of the interactions of multiple systems of oppression or discrimination.
Even if a man is privileged in patriarchal society of USA intersectionality comes in to play in case of a gay black man Oppression become complicated when gender and religion intersect in case of a Muslim woman in a Islamophobic misogyny society. There is special situation one can be pressed in one way and privileges in the other way instead of overlapping of oppression in case of gay white man in a patriarchal society that favors’ whiteness. Seeing oppression in the lenses of intersectionality empowers victims to examine oppression and find different ways to fight Creates an opportunity for alliance and coalition for their struggle against oppressions a Muslim woman.
A Muslim woman will have two identities such as her gender and religion which will make her to face oppressions in both ways and result in intersectionality and eventually makes the oppression more complex. First, she must deal with the misogyny in American culture from the intellectual belittling of women or the continues chorus of women being viewed only as ‘emotional’. Secondly, she must deal with the discrimination that comes from being Muslim in the society which perceived the ideology of Islam and considering Muslim people are dangerous and a potential threat for the community .On the other hand she doesn’t have an identity to be privileged in such community.
I am a black immigrant woman and have multiple identities that describe me in terms of gender, race and citizenship status. Obviously, it is known that female with the same identity of mine are facing oppressions and even more complicated of the same when these overlapped or intersected. however, I haven’t experienced neither oppression nor intersectionality from US community. Conversely having such identities, I haven’t experienced any privilege in this community.
I use my knowledge of intersectionality in my daily life helping others to examine oppression further and finding different ways to fight it in organized way through creating an opportunity for alliance and coalition for same people working together to fight struggle against oppressions and get their freedom.
