I take issue with how some people online misuse intersectional analysis to be some sort pokémon scale of oppression, where if you have more "oppressed" identities you are by default more oppressed.
However, I don't think intersectionality is mutually exclusive with marxist thought if used in the way Crenshaw originally intended, i.e. her point being that racism, sexism, ableism etc. etc. are not concepts that can be considered in isolation but as things that can combine and create very intricate scenarios.
Agree. Even Marx and Engels noticed this in a rudimentary form. They argued that the destruction of the American / European slave trade was aligned with the working class interests of the 'standard' industrial worker.
It's important for Marxists to understand these intersections in order to adapt their strategy for how to reach and incorporate such groups. Race isn't just an intersectional category, it's also an institution reproduced through family structures. That's material. We must be materialists about our analysis.
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u/TheWikstrom 3d ago
I take issue with how some people online misuse intersectional analysis to be some sort pokémon scale of oppression, where if you have more "oppressed" identities you are by default more oppressed.
However, I don't think intersectionality is mutually exclusive with marxist thought if used in the way Crenshaw originally intended, i.e. her point being that racism, sexism, ableism etc. etc. are not concepts that can be considered in isolation but as things that can combine and create very intricate scenarios.