What is Intersectional?

[cawacko]

I guess I'm being lazy and can just look it up and probably should if it's our future and I don't know what it is.

From Kristen Gilibrand:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1070106980298186753

 

[tinfoil]

It's like those couches that are modular and can connect in any configuration you want

 

[cawacko]

""Intersectionality is a concept often used in critical theories to describe the ways in which oppressive institutions (racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, classism, etc.) are interconnected and cannot be examined separately from one another. The concept first came from legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989 and is largely used in critical theories, especially Feminist theory, when discussing systematic oppression. When possible, credit Kimberlé Crenshaw for coining the term "intersectionality" and bringing the concept to wider attention.""


I still don't know what this means. How does interesectionality stop oppression? Are there any layman examples?

Mott you oppress a lot of people, maybe you can explain.