Analysis Of Crenshaw's Mapping The Margins

Immigration is a very broad topic, taking into consideration all of the emotional aspects it also provokes for the group of minorities that fall into this category in the United States. Although America is the home of a range of diversity, many still wish that their hopes of completing their “American dream” does not end soon. The Deferred Act for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is shortly coming to a complete end. This privilege of having the act gives many the opportunity to be considered a citizen and have most of the benefits that this act offers. But there are still immigrants, like Jose Antonio Vargas, out there who “even though I think of myself as an American and consider America my country, my country doesn’t think of me as one of its own.”

Historically, immigration has been a prevalent concern in the United States, impacting the stratification and disparities we see within our social institutions today. Despite our nation’s legacy of immigration, contemporary immigration and its policy reveal the barriers and challenges that have been placed by existing inequalities in America, inevitably shaping a culture of exclusion and assimilation. One way to illustrate is to consider the documentary film 9500 Liberty shot in Prince William County, Virginia during a large population growth in 2007. The documentary exposes racial tensions as Prince William County implements an illegal immigration enforcement policy which required police officers to inquire about the citizenship or immigration

Intersectionality has shown to be a transformative lens for comprehending the complex experiences of persons who navigate the intersections of race and gender, particularly Black women. “Mapping the Margins” sheds light on the specific issues that Black women experience, illustrating how the intersection of race and gender identity influences their lives (Kimberlé Crenshaw, Mapping the Margins of Intersectionality). Kimberlé Crenshaw is a well-known feminist and legal academic who pioneered the notion of intersectionality in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In her 1991 paper "Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color," Crenshaw investigates the notion of intersectionality and its importance

This novel highlights the fact of the injustices people of color are faced with in everyday life. In the introduction of this book, Michelle Alexander highlights the criminal justice system and how rather than identifying people by their race, people of color are labeled as criminals. I believe the criminal justice system, racial caste, ideology, and global examples of racial caste are all connected to racial inequality. I feel that the race and criminal justice system are connected on the basis that people of color are seen as unequal when compared to Caucasians. In the reading the author provides good examples of how officers are well trained at defending against claims of racial bias in policing.

Native Americans, Women, African Americans and immigrants are all discriminated against. Anyone who is different suffers from no rights and terrible living conditions; they are sucked into this country’s beastly nature. 1848 began the Women’s

The sexual harassment of these Latina women, documented and undocumented, is unjust and an example of the violation of power and demonstrates the difficulty for women to come forth in sexual harassment cases across the

Two Sisters, Two Americas is a brilliant article by Brooke Ross that illustrates the life of a family with a mixed-status and what should be done about it. Many people agree that an illegal immigration reform is necessary however people can’t seem to agree on what needs to be done about it. The issue about the immigration reform has created many fights between democrats and Republicans and although both sides think something needs to be done they can’t agree on what to do. Although most people don’t seem to realize is that illegal immigrants are people like us who are trying to find safety and better opportunities. It is clear that illegal immigrants need some pathway to becoming a citizen.

This chapter portrayed the cross of races, the opportunities for both the positive and negative sides, the ultimate goal that Mexican-American woman wanted was acceptance. Acceptance they believed they deserved because of the hard work and dedication they were

Sexual harassment is a common problem for women in the workplace. The trauma they suffer as a result is extensive. More than half a million women work in the fields and a majority are undocumented immigrants. The documentary Rape in the Fields, addresses some of the struggles these workers face. Due to their immigrant status the women are powerless, subject to unwelcome sexual advances and unable to seek help from the authorities.

Moreover, Intersectional feminism opens the door for oppressed women who are different from the overly white, middle class, cis-gendered and able-bodied women who claim to “want power for all women”, but will not advocate and let her privilege be called out by a woman of a different race. Another key point is that though people of white decent cannot be oppressed in the ways that a person of color can be, they can use their privilege to bring light upon the people who need help. If society would shine more light on the oppressed women of the world, then they could understand the trauma and heartbreak it feels like to not be treated equally to a woman of the Caucasian

Intersectionality is described in the article “Transformative Feminist Criminology: A Critical Re-thinking of a Discipline by Meda Chesney-Lind and Merry Morash as,” theoretical attention to intersectionality (i.e., combinations of gender with race, class, ethnicity, and other status markers that affect social life and individuals)” (290). The example given in the article deals more heavily with women and feminism. An example given in the text about intersectionality is,” socialist feminism made an important contribution to understanding that not just gender, but also class, results in oppression... countries where receive little education and hold low occupational status experience high levels of sexual violence. (290).

1.The theory/concept of intersectionality is a theory centered around oppression, domination and discrimination through various mediums from the social and cultural elements of society. The theory can be applied in many ways toward women as well as their involvement in the criminal justice system. Some forms of discrimination that is more prevalent in perceiving the individual is using a woman's status, race, sexual orientation, ability and age, however there can be more added to this list. The wiki article said “The theory proposes that we should think of each element or trait of a person as inextricably linked with all of the other elements in order to fully understand one's identity.”

“Never Marry a Mexican” is both the title of Sandra Cisneros’ short story published in the collection Woman Hollering Creek, and one of the most ironic as well as provocative statements present in the Chicana literature. The story itself is a critical as well as self-reflexive exercise in understanding concepts such as gender, race and ethnicity. Working with the presumption that the affiliation to distinct gender as well as racial and ethnic background is determined by the certain level of performativity, Cisneros illustrates difficulties in performing a double role , frequently faced by the second and the third generation of Mexican immigrants in the United States. Following paragraphs will consider Cisneros’ story with Judith Butler’s concept

Kareen Harboyan English 1C Professor Supekar March 15, 2018 Word Count: Crenshaw’s Mapping the Margins: The Marginalization of Women of Color Analyzed Through Generalization and A Feminist Lens Crenshaw's Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color expands on the multifaceted struggles of women of color and the generalizations ingrained in society that limit women of color and keep them in a box. In this text, Crenshaw builds on the concept of intersectionality which proposes that social categorizations such as gender and race are intertwined and have great influence on one another.

According to the English Oxford Dictionary, intersectionality is the, “Interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage” (Oxford Dictionaries, n.d). Intersectionality is a way of acknowledging and comprehending that everyone’s identity has more than one attribute or social category; it’s how everyone experiences their own identity in their own unique way. For instance, in the article, Why intersectionality can’t wait, the writer Kimberlé Crenshaw, talked about a group of black women who prosecuted General Motors for discrimination (Crenshaw, 2015). Crenshaw spoke about how