Black History Month: What’s Intersectionality?

At Beloved Community, we frame our work in Kimberle Crenshaw’s (1989) theory of Intersectionality. We recommend Intersectionality as a framework for organizations to use to examine how multiple layers of oppression may be impacting their stakeholders and community members. Intersectionality is a term that is thrown around a lot today, and we wanted to take a moment during Black History Month to uplift and unpack the theory from our beloved Kimberle Crenshaw. Let’s get started!