Intersectional Framework Worksheet

	Category	Description
1	Personal Identity	List the different aspects of your identity (e.g., race, gender, age). Reflect on how each part affects you.
2	Experiences of Discrimination	Recall a time when an aspect of your identity influenced how you were treated. Describe the situation.
3	Privilege Awareness	Identify aspects of your identity that might afford you privilege. How do you think this impacts others?
4	Intersectional Impact	Think of a situation where multiple aspects of your identity intersected. What was the outcome?
5	Empathy Building	Consider an identity different from yours. What challenges might they face that you don't?

References

Crenshaw, K. (1989). Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics. University of Chicago Legal Forum, 1989(1), Article 8.

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Intersectional Framework Worksheet

Category

Description

1

Personal Identity

List the different aspects of your identity (e.g., race, gender, age). Reflect on how each part affects you.

2

Experiences of Discrimination

Recall a time when an aspect of your identity influenced how you were treated. Describe the situation.

3

Privilege Awareness

Identify aspects of your identity that might afford you privilege. How do you think this impacts others?

4

Intersectional Impact

Think of a situation where multiple aspects of your identity intersected. What was the outcome?

5

Empathy Building

Consider an identity different from yours. What challenges might they face that you don't?

References