Siouxland Magazine - Volume 3 Issue 5
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Intersectionality Mapping<br />
By Semehar Ghebrekidan<br />
What is Intersectionality?<br />
Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term stating that it is a framework for conceptualizing a person, group of people, or<br />
social problem as affected by several discriminations and disadvantages. It considers people’s overlapping identities<br />
and experiences in order to understand the complexity of prejudices they face.<br />
Let’s do some mapping!<br />
<strong>Siouxland</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> | Converse / 21<br />
1. Draw a stick figure of yourself<br />
2. List the following dimensions of your identity<br />
Race<br />
Ethnic background<br />
Language background<br />
Socio economic class now<br />
Socio economic class when you were growing up<br />
Gender<br />
Sexuality<br />
Age<br />
Ability Status<br />
Education background<br />
Major<br />
Introvert/Extrovert<br />
Parental Status<br />
Marital Status<br />
Religious background/Spirituality<br />
Citizenship Status<br />
Military background<br />
Political Ideology<br />
If you are a<br />
Sibling<br />
Sister/brother<br />
Cousin<br />
Parent<br />
Aunt<br />
Grandparent<br />
Great grandparent<br />
Job Title<br />
List 3 other things that you use as an identifier<br />
After listing all of these around your person, think about the following.<br />
1. What are 3 things you think about every day without anyone asking you?<br />
2. What are 3 things that you are surprised with/don’t think about often?<br />
3. Why is it important to know these?<br />
4. How would they affect your outlook on life?<br />
5. How do they affect you in your job? In your family? In your organization?<br />
Semehar Ghebrekidan is the Community Inclusion Liaison for the City of Sioux City. She is<br />
charged with Inclusion efforts to help connect the City and the community. Semehar has her<br />
master’s degree from South Dakota State University in Sociology and her bachelors in Global<br />
Studies with minors in Spanish and Leadership & Nonprofit Management. When she is not<br />
working, you can catch her cooking, reorganizing her home, and hanging out with her family<br />
and friends.
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