INTERSECTIONALITY: WHY DOES IT MATTER? Lynette Sparkman-Barnes, Psy.D.

INTERSECTIONALITY: WHY DOES IT MATTER? Lynette Sparkman-Barnes, Psy.D. & Monica Oh, Ph.D., - Counseling and Educational Support Services

EXRECISE: WHAT ARE YOUR IDENTITIES?

LET’S UNPACK THIS EXERCISE

THE WEIGHT FROM THE INTERSECTION OF MARGINALIZED IDENTITIES – ISSUE OF POWER

DEFINING INTERSECTIONALITY “Intersectionality is a lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects. It’s not simply that there’s a race problem here, a gender problem here, and a class or LBGTQ problem there. Many times that framework erases what happens to people who are subject to all of these things.” –Kimberle’ Crenshaw

INTERSECTIONALITY

INTERSECTIONALITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v akOe5-UsQ2o

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Age Group Total Enrollment 410.0% .4% 40.1% 59.5% Male Female Unknow n 120.0% 20.0% 20.0% 2420.0% 7010.0% Under 20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 50 and older

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Race/Ethnicity 4.1% 2.2% 0.2% 0.1% 5.0% 5.2% White Non-Hispanic Unknown Asian Non-Resident 7.3% Hispanic Multiple Ethnicities 8.9% 67.0% Black American Indian/Alaskan Native Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

WHAT DO OUR STUDENTS THINK?

EXERCISE: SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS 1.Why is it important to be aware of intersecting identities? 2.How is intersectionality applicable in your role here? 3.How may intersecting identities clash or be in conflict with each other? 4.Discuss a time your intersectionality was not valued and/our you did not value someone’s intersecting identities