I agree that intersectionality is vital to understand, especially as one facet of oppression is misrepresenting intersectionality to be something it's not. To name a few examples I've encountered all too often:
*White people who are oppressed under other axes emphasizing their whiteness when they discuss their oppression and emphasizing specifically the white people in those groups as people they feel special solidarity towards
*Trans men trying to forward a narrative of transandrophobia and position their oppression as having some element of misandry rather than their oppression stemming from transphobia
*Black men and people positioning themselves as antiracist allies centering men in their antiracist activism (and thus ignoring the very issues of intersectionality that the original article on this topic was about!)
I think oppression can damage the oppressor, but as I said, I also think it's important to contextualize this to avoid contributing to narratives of fake oppression (ex racism against white people, misandry against men). While fascists for example are very direct in espousing these kinds of oppressive ideals, others cloak them in the language of intersectionality and social justice, and it's important to be able to recognize that too.
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Date: 2025-07-01 09:08 pm (UTC)*White people who are oppressed under other axes emphasizing their whiteness when they discuss their oppression and emphasizing specifically the white people in those groups as people they feel special solidarity towards
*Trans men trying to forward a narrative of transandrophobia and position their oppression as having some element of misandry rather than their oppression stemming from transphobia
*Black men and people positioning themselves as antiracist allies centering men in their antiracist activism (and thus ignoring the very issues of intersectionality that the original article on this topic was about!)
I think oppression can damage the oppressor, but as I said, I also think it's important to contextualize this to avoid contributing to narratives of fake oppression (ex racism against white people, misandry against men). While fascists for example are very direct in espousing these kinds of oppressive ideals, others cloak them in the language of intersectionality and social justice, and it's important to be able to recognize that too.