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Intersectionality- Coalition & Celebration in Differences

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I googled NUCLEAR FAMILY and actually found a nice mix of families. There were more than the "white" families, there were African-American, Asian-American, Latino, etc. (or that I am assuming were, but the point is that they were more than blonde people on my screen). I wonder if this has to do with the fact that Google has registered the kind of content I gravitate to (which is social justice, inclusiveness, global affairs, etc). It makes me think of how it may be making me blind to how exclusive the internet actually is, because it knows what I like to see.

Moreover, I want to address question #3. I think every person has intersectionality present in their lives. Your gender and your ethnicity alone are two points of intersection, and are most definitely not the only parts of your identity. Therefore, I do consider myself a person who is a part of groups of intersectionality. I am a Latina, I am Mexican, I am American, I am young, I am college-educated, I am a scholar, I am a daughter, I am an elder sister, I am socio-politically conscious, I am multi-lingual, I am a traveler, I am heterosexual, I am an activist, I am a writer, I am a friend, the list goes on and on... and these traits all intersect to make my experience unique and more different than if only one or a few of those traits defined me.

Finally, I think it is important to celebrate similarities and find coalition-building incentives in those similarities. On the same token, it is also important to acknowledge differences and to use those to strengthen and fill in the gaps that the similarities might have. For example Latinos should unite through bonds of culture but we must also not neglect the fact that Mexicans are different from Salvadoreans and that that is an asset because each culture has something different to bring to the table.

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  1. "Beyond Margins: Intersectionality and the Digital Humanities By Kid Comet"