different forms of marginalization overlap and intensify one another; a black woman, for instance, is simply not experiencing the same kind of sexism as a white woman, because she is experiencing sexism that intersects with racism. The two are not separate, or even uncomplicatedly additive. Class, disability, sexuality, and other areas of potential oppression also overlap—or maybe it’s more accurate to say they weave together, since “overlap” implies they can be pulled apart. Intersecting oppressions aren’t a quilt over a blanket. They’re a yellow warp of sexism and a blue weft of racism
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