Carbado’s lists help one think intersectionality about privilege since this author illustrates how privilege and oppression co-exist in people’s everyday lives. People’s identities are linked with the system of pressure, and therefore, some people benefit from unearned privilege while others are unjustly discriminate against (Braithwaite and Orr, 2017). Carbado’s lists can help one understand that to overcome oppression, and one must act beyond merely acknowledging the existence of unjust practices.
According to Huff, airlines assume that their passenger’s bodies are fit and slim. This fits with the societal’s general view, in accordance with which fat bodies do not fit in, creating a social stigma. In connection to a discussion about rights, one should note that the excuse about excess weight is used as an explanation for why these airlines do not account for all body types. Our everyday environments would change for the better if a more comprehensive array of body types were accommodated because people would feel welcome instead of feeling as if they have fewer rights because of their body shape.
According to Abbas, the issue with the ‘straight acting’ men is the privilege that they have and the lens they use to view the experiences of queen people of different ethnicities. With this approach, they fail to recognize many issues, such as poverty, healthcare, military policies, and other problem that affect the queer population. Abbas talks about sexual citizenship as something that “leaves out issues of poverty, healthcare, immigration, and military policy” (as cited in Braithwaite and Orr, 2017, p. 140). Hence, sexuality is evoked as a way of progressing with the nation’s democracy since the incorporation of it helps address these issues and facilitate a proper inclusion of all viewpoints and perspectives when making governmental decisions.
Reference
Braithwaite, A. & Orr, C. M. (Eds.). (2017). Everyday women’s and gender studies: Introductory concepts. Routledge.