experiences greater disadvantage than if she belonged to just one or the other oppressed group—if she were just Black or just female. By the same token, a person who is both white and male experiences added privilege than if he fit just one of those identity categories. While intersectionality is supposedly about the relationship of identity to power, many of the activists used the term to describe their affinity and solidarity with other causes. An LGBT rights organization, for example, might, in the name of intersectionality, express solidarity with an indigenous rights organization. Like so
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