Title: How is Race, Class and Gender Interconnected In Understanding Oppression? – CUNY Leadership Fellows
Headings: How is Race, Class and Gender Interconnected In Understanding Oppression?
How is Race, Class and Gender Interconnected In Understanding Oppression?
Content: White privilege is a result of the history of slavery, contemporary laws, racist ideas, and practices. I have never heard about White privilege until I reached college. I think it is because I never met and interacted with a white student. Collins mentions that race, gender, and class are always interconnected and you cannot separate them. People have multiple identities and may be oppressed because they have those identities. Our experiences within this system are different given the intersections of our race, class, and gender. However, the impact of this system, for everyone, is dehumanizing. I identify as a low-income person. My race is Southeast Asian, my gender is female and my religion is Islam. If people asked me what identity leads to the most oppression, I would say being a Muslim.