Question

Shortly after the 2012 election MSN ran a story with this headline: "Women voters key coalition in Obama 2nd term victory:President Barack Obama topped Republican challenger Mitt Romney by 12 points among women voters..." If you approach things from an intersectional point of view, what question would you want to ask the person who wrote this headline?

Answer 1

Answer:what race were the women who voted for Obama?

Explanation: Intersectionality considers how we categories society based on race,class and gender and how these creates overlapping and interdependent systems which lead to certain discrimination.

These overlapping identities are what plays role in how people are disadvantaged or in how they face prejudice certain discrimination acts. Due to these created interdependent systems it may make sense that most woman of a certain race will vote for a candidate of their race.