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Intersectionality is a sociological theory suggesting that—and seeking to examine how—various socially and culturally constructed categories of discrimination interact on multiple and often simultaneous levels, contributing to systematic social inequality. 

Intersectionality holds that the classical models of oppression within society, such as those based on race/ethnicity, gender, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, class, disability, or species do not act independently of one another; instead, these forms of oppression interrelate creating a system of oppression that reflects the “intersection” of multiple forms of discrimination.*

*Knudsen, Susanne. “Intersectionality—A Theoretical Inspiration in the Analysis of Minority Cultures and Identities in Textbooks.” Caught in the Web or Lost in the Textbook 2006 61–76. 26 Nov 2007