Intersectionality Blog 6

Intersectionality is a term with growing importance in our countries slow movbement towards social equality. Up to this point and time, there have been grave inequities built into the framework of society. A framework that runs so deep, it seems almost impossible to climb out of. In the class I am currently taking, I have learned about social and economic constucts that have created barriers between social classes. These barriers have divided groups of people to the point of almost no repair. This is a sad truth that must be dealt with by people of all race and class if social inequities are to become a pert of the past instead of the present and future. Intersectionality identifies combinations of multiple factors such as: race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual preference, and religion. To completely understand the advantages and disadvantages of all these constructs is what intersectionality intends on doing. hopefully this concept will be pertinent in all people understanding needs and problems that exist in todays society. There is a long difficult road ahead of us in reaching social equality and it may never occur. But we are all brought into this world as a blank slate. A newborn has no idea what their race, class, ethnicity or anything for that matter is. Until people from every one of these areas realize that all lives matter, our society will be stuck with the grave injustices in society that have been created.