Understanding Intersectionality: Challenges and Critiques
Channel: Variety Pack
Date: 2023-04-27

In order to solve a problem, one must first acknowledge that there is one. From there, a myriad of ideas can be cultivated and potentially become an overarching solution. Alcoholics have the 12 step program, understanding that they are weighed down by their addiction and their only fighting chance through it is by placing their faith in god. Large construction businesses have State and Federal departments, administrations and agencies regulating on the job practices that ensure a safe work environment. The Legislative branch of the U.S. has the executive and the judicial branches to either veto a bill that may harm the country at large or interpret it as unconstitutional legislation. Although these particular systems are effective at diagnosing problems within a system and providing solutions for them, there are a few issues with this model. A solution may create new problems for the future. A solution that’s meant to be all-encompassing may miss a few minute problems that are outside of the purview of the solution. Or the solution neglects to take into account  extenuating circumstances. Which is why those who are strong advocates for social justice whether they’re feminists, progressives, LGBTQ+ etc. have a “unique” way of identifying the problems of a system called intersectionality, a more complex way of understanding different systems of oppression, how they manifest and how different groups are affected by them. Essentially it’s a more fleshed out 12 step program except it examines external problems to a system versus the internal conflicts of an individual. But what exactly is intersectionality?

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