Women of color hold some identities that relatively privilege them

Evidence

Even women of color, who are disproportionally impoverished, may have some identities that relatively privilege them. To assist women of color, we need to delineate their multiple identities, examine how those identities intersect to privilege or lead them to face discrimination, and then design multidimensional programs that would enhance their life situations. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1166

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• SEED: Could be an essay angle on how intersectional analysis must account for privilege clusters even among the most marginalized, complicating simple oppression narratives.

Related

• Subordinated individuals can still hold relatively privileging identities (similarity 0.90)
• Everyone holds multiple identities with relative privilege or discrimination (similarity 0.85)
• Women of color can be marginalized by both feminist and civil rights movements. (similarity 0.83)
• Identity is multiplicative rather than additive for women of color (similarity 0.80)
• Women of color face simultaneous oppression based on race and gender (similarity 0.78)
• The white race is defined by skin privilege shared across class lines (similarity 0.78)