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Intersectionality 🤝
Intersectionality is all around us. It is a confusing word that can have many different ways of meaning and multiple ways of expression in this complex world. To get a better grasp of intersectionality let's start at the beginning to present you with what we learned in our LIS 500 class. Intersectionality is not just gender, race, and religion, but instead the overall framework of ourselves and how they have an influence on one another shaping us. It is to show the way on how multiple different forms of inequality are at a disadvantage. And with these disadvantages comes barriers that other people may not understand. We all deal with inequality differently and many have it worse. We may not see that but intersectionality helps us learn about different kinds of problems. Reiterating what we presented on our home page by Kimberlé Crenshaw she identifies more than one problem people deal with, not just one on its own when she says “African American girls are six times more likely to be suspended than white girls. That's probably a race and a gender problem.” There is more to the problem: there is a whole history that surrounds it. The intersectionality wars an article by VOX goes in depth about intersectionality and how those who are conservative fear it and say that “because you’re a minority, you get special standards, special treatment in the eyes of some.” It also covers Ben Shaprio who is controversial conservative political commentator and was one of the readings about intersectionality was written by and where he talks about intersectionality as a "totem poll" depending on who you are more on the outside will determine where you are on it.You can access his reading on intersectionality by going to What Is Intersectionality - Ben Shapiro

Intersectionality 🤝

Intersectionality is all around us. It is a confusing word that can have many different ways of meaning and multiple ways of expression in this complex world. To get a better grasp of intersectionality let's start at the beginning to present you with what we learned in our LIS 500 class. Intersectionality is not just gender, race, and religion, but instead the overall framework of ourselves and how they have an influence on one another shaping us.

It is to show the way on how multiple different forms of inequality are at a disadvantage. And with these disadvantages comes barriers that other people may not understand. We all deal with inequality differently and many have it worse. We may not see that but intersectionality helps us learn about different kinds of problems. Reiterating what we presented on our home page by Kimberlé Crenshaw she identifies more than one problem people deal with, not just one on its own when she says “African American girls are six times more likely to be suspended than white girls. That's probably a race and a gender problem.” There is more to the problem: there is a whole history that surrounds it.

The intersectionality wars an article by VOX goes in depth about intersectionality and how those who are conservative fear it and say that “because you’re a minority, you get special standards, special treatment in the eyes of some.” It also covers Ben Shaprio who is controversial conservative political commentator and was one of the readings about intersectionality was written by and where he talks about intersectionality as a "totem poll" depending on who you are more on the outside will determine where you are on it.You can access his reading on intersectionality by going to What Is Intersectionality - Ben Shapiro

Implicit bias🚨
Implicit bias is a negative way on how we see others and associate them with things. This can also be thought of as stereotypes, attitudes, and prejudices people have developed about certain influences over their lifetime and experiences they have had. The term implicit bias was first used in 1995 by Banaji and Greenwald when they said "social behavior often operates in an implicit or unconscious fashion.” Greenwald was part of the group that first introduced IAT which is the implicit-association-test. To learn more about Greenwald and Banaji please visit University of College Cork, Ireland We took the implicit bias test also known as the IAT through Harvard. There are multiple different tests on their site, you can pick anyone you'd like to take. It will test you in different areas to see your insight on bias topics that you might have been unaware of. If you would like to take one you can click this link to begin. IAT Harvard Assesment. When connecting implicit bias to intersectionality they are related concepts in terms of how we relate certain things with other things. For example for the IAT tests it asks you to associate terms with the test you are taking and in relation to intersectionality we are taking into consideration multiple components not just one. When we put a word with another word or image we are using both intersectionality and implicit bias.

Implicit bias🚨

Implicit bias is a negative way on how we see others and associate them with things. This can also be thought of as stereotypes, attitudes, and prejudices people have developed about certain influences over their lifetime and experiences they have had. The term implicit bias was first used in 1995 by Banaji and Greenwald when they said "social behavior often operates in an implicit or unconscious fashion.” Greenwald was part of the group that first introduced IAT which is the implicit-association-test. To learn more about Greenwald and Banaji please visit University of College Cork, Ireland

We took the implicit bias test also known as the IAT through Harvard. There are multiple different tests on their site, you can pick anyone you'd like to take. It will test you in different areas to see your insight on bias topics that you might have been unaware of. If you would like to take one you can click this link to begin. IAT Harvard Assesment.

When connecting implicit bias to intersectionality they are related concepts in terms of how we relate certain things with other things. For example for the IAT tests it asks you to associate terms with the test you are taking and in relation to intersectionality we are taking into consideration multiple components not just one. When we put a word with another word or image we are using both intersectionality and implicit bias.

This video by the Center for Urban Education gives insight on implicit bias:

Hopefully you were able to learn more about these words! Please check out the resources on this page for more information. 😄