People with more than one marginalized identity face multiple biases and discrimination. Understanding intersectionality in STEM disciplines is crucial to engendering all people’s success.- BY Debra Jenkins
Individuals who belong to multiple minority groups in STEM face unique challenges due to the intersectionality of their identities. Intersectionality refers to how various social identities — such as race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and disability — overlap and interact. Recognizing intersectionality offers a way to understand how overlapping identities compound experiences of discrimination or marginalization. It is an overlapping social ....