Blog Post #3

 

Intersectionality​

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Most of the criteria that make up our intersectionality are based on race, background, and gender/sexual orientation. Which makes sense because these are the usual things that affect everyone in different ways.  My own intersectionality is kind of complex since my identity is pretty similar to my parents though I was born in a western country so mine is slightly more privileged, I have my middle eastern background, but I speak fluent English and Farsi, I have had a good education and am in university, I am not wealthy, but I’m not poor either, I am technically white on paper (due to categorical negligence) But I consider myself to be a person of color. After filling in my own intersectionality measurement chart I was not too surprised to find out that I was pretty privileged. I mean I do have the race thing and immigration but Many people would see me as white, even though I don’t consider myself white. And my immigration is not what stands out to many people any way it's more my parent's immigration that has an effect on how society treats me since my Persian culture is much more persistent and obvious than my Canadian culture is since that is much more similar to the American culture. From filling in my intersectionality measuring chart I now am certain that I have much more privilege as an immigrant than many people who were born in the USA, which is pretty shameful, to be honest. I am happy I did one of these tests because it showed me on paper how much privilege I have. And for me, it is also a cool lesson to do with other people I know to measure their privilege and see how different it is through the generations in my family.