Silke Roth — Intersectionality and coalitions in social movement research: A survey and outlook

13 published claims from this book.

• A person’s social position shapes how they build coalitions.
• Intersectionality reveals unmarked privileged positions and aids broad inclusive alliances.
• Labor movement inclusion requires internal caucuses for underrepresented groups.
• Movement leaders suppress internal critiques to protect unity
• Nationalist and racist movements recruit across class and gender lines
• Political intersectionality is needed while labor markets stay segmented by race, class, and gender.
• Raising women and minority membership leaves labor culture unchanged.
• Same-sex marriage goals reflect white middle-class priorities.
• Social movement research has rarely applied intersectional perspectives so far.
• Structural factors, not ideology, gave women bridging roles
• Studying privilege is as central to intersectionality as mapping subordination.
• The Institute restricted its posts to inner-circle members to preserve cohesion
• Women of color can be marginalized by both feminist and civil rights movements.