WEEK 5 – ED1BSJ. Intersectionality
TUES 26/10/21
SLIDE 3: SOCIAL IDENTITY
o Social identity =
1. HALL, 1990 = a process (ongoing, fluid)
2. BUTLER, 1990 = a performance
3. LAWLER, 2014 = relational (contextual)
4. COLLINS, 2000; CRENSHAW, 1995 = intersectional
o YUVAL-DAVIEW, 2006:
“identities = individual & collective narratives that answer the question ‘who am
I?/who are we?”
o JENKINS, 2004:
“similarity & difference = dynamic principles of identification, heart of social life”.
Us & them – where perceptions come from
SLIDE 4: UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL IDENTITY
o People we interact with = who we are
} Relational
o Identity = multiple & fluid.
Continue to change as we move between identities in different contexts.
|_> E.G. nationality, social class, religion, age, gender, ethnicity, regional & social
roles as students/peers/sibling/children/parent
o Same gender, class, ethnic identity can = varied perspectives & experiences
o Forms of social identity can exclude & include
Identity politics = women fighting for equal pay
|_> In 60s Black Feminists = couldn’t relate & were excluded from women equal
rights, as it focused on white women.
SLIDE 5: IDENTITY & INEQUALITIES
o Stereotypes (neg & pos)
o Prejudice (lead to discrimination)
o Discrimination (act or treating ppl in different way)
o Classism
o Sexism
o Racism
o Other identities.
E.G. disability, age, family status, location, accent, taste
} family structure can effect who you are & how you’re viewed
SLIDE 6: PUPILS WITH SEN
5+ GCSEs A*-C (%). 2012/13: 5+ GCSEs A*-C incl. maths & Eng (%). 2012/13:
No SEN = 89.4 No SEN = 70.4
SEN no statement = 65.3 SEN no statement = 26.4
SEN with statement = 28.5 SEN with statement = 9.5
All = 83 All = 60.6
} SEN has biggest difference other than ethnicity, gender etc.
SLIDE 7: INTERSECTIONALITY
Intersectionality = interconnected nature of social categorisations.
Creates overlap & interdependent systems of discrimination
o Marginalised groups
SLIDE 9: INTERSECTIONALITY: PATRICIA HILL COLLINS
TUES 26/10/21
SLIDE 3: SOCIAL IDENTITY
o Social identity =
1. HALL, 1990 = a process (ongoing, fluid)
2. BUTLER, 1990 = a performance
3. LAWLER, 2014 = relational (contextual)
4. COLLINS, 2000; CRENSHAW, 1995 = intersectional
o YUVAL-DAVIEW, 2006:
“identities = individual & collective narratives that answer the question ‘who am
I?/who are we?”
o JENKINS, 2004:
“similarity & difference = dynamic principles of identification, heart of social life”.
Us & them – where perceptions come from
SLIDE 4: UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL IDENTITY
o People we interact with = who we are
} Relational
o Identity = multiple & fluid.
Continue to change as we move between identities in different contexts.
|_> E.G. nationality, social class, religion, age, gender, ethnicity, regional & social
roles as students/peers/sibling/children/parent
o Same gender, class, ethnic identity can = varied perspectives & experiences
o Forms of social identity can exclude & include
Identity politics = women fighting for equal pay
|_> In 60s Black Feminists = couldn’t relate & were excluded from women equal
rights, as it focused on white women.
SLIDE 5: IDENTITY & INEQUALITIES
o Stereotypes (neg & pos)
o Prejudice (lead to discrimination)
o Discrimination (act or treating ppl in different way)
o Classism
o Sexism
o Racism
o Other identities.
E.G. disability, age, family status, location, accent, taste
} family structure can effect who you are & how you’re viewed
SLIDE 6: PUPILS WITH SEN
5+ GCSEs A*-C (%). 2012/13: 5+ GCSEs A*-C incl. maths & Eng (%). 2012/13:
No SEN = 89.4 No SEN = 70.4
SEN no statement = 65.3 SEN no statement = 26.4
SEN with statement = 28.5 SEN with statement = 9.5
All = 83 All = 60.6
} SEN has biggest difference other than ethnicity, gender etc.
SLIDE 7: INTERSECTIONALITY
Intersectionality = interconnected nature of social categorisations.
Creates overlap & interdependent systems of discrimination
o Marginalised groups
SLIDE 9: INTERSECTIONALITY: PATRICIA HILL COLLINS
