Blog #4

 Intersectionality (Crenshaw)

Hyperlink 

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/01/company-diversity-efforts-to-support-black-women-fall-short.html 

The text from Crenshaw explains that black woman specifically face an extreme measure of bias in not just the workplace but different areas of life compared to all other genders and race. Crenshaw came up with a word which references black women being both racial and gender discrimination. That word would be intersectionality. The word intersect in the name refers to the intersection of being discriminated against for more than one thing, but is a common word relating to race and your gender, but as the word progressed and became more popular, it now goes further can just race and gender. The past event that Crenshaw uses as an example of intersectionality is when General Motors was sued for giving men all the same jobs (any race of men) and giving other jobs to specifically white woman and men of any race. It was clear that black woman were victims to intersectionality therefore not being able to keep their jobs or simply not getting hired for a certain position. The CNBC article link I have attached connect to the piece written by Crenshaw. It mentions how there is an uprising problem occurring in workplaces dealing with intersectionality is a real issue and black women are the ones dealing with it the most. "Women in the workplace have been very vocal about the inequities and discrimination they face on the job, from gender pay gaps to a lack of child-care support. Black women in particular experience specific challenges at the intersection of racial and gender discrimination." The CNBC article mentions that workplaces are not coming up with solutions to help those that fall victim to intersectionality because they do not believe it is necessary since nothing is being done about it, and a prime example of this is the court dismissing the lawsuit against General Motors because they did not believe that woman should be able to combine their gender and race under one discrimination type.