Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Nation: Some Implications for Black Family Studies

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This article explores how recent theoretical developments in viewing race, social class, gender, and nation as dimensions of interlocking systems of oppression might suggest new directions for Black family studies. Traditional social science approaches typically treat race, class, gender, and nationality as descriptive variables attached to individuals who are then reinserted into existing theoretical models on the family. In contrast, intersectional approaches view institutionalized racism, social class relations, gender inequalities, and nationalism expressed on both sides of state power as analytical constructs that explain family organization in general, and Black family organization in particular. By exploring three such intersections, namely those of race and class, of race and gender, and of race and nation, this article examines how selected issues in Black family studies might benefit by approaching Black family studies via an intersectional lens.

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