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1) Read Crenshaw excerpt on Mapping the Intersections. Summarize the essay's key arguments (don't focus on details) (1 page) Be sure to explain:

a) What does Crenshaw mean by intersectionality? What is her critique of identity politics as it relates to intersectionality?

b) What is Crenshaw's critique of both feminist movements and racial justice movements as it relates to intersectionality?

c) How does Crenshaw use intersectionality to explain the experience of women of color with violence

2) Read the web articles written by Eve Ensler and RAINN. Read the critiques of their work from Lauren Chief Elk and Prisonculture. Explain the source of the disagreement. What are their different assumptions about:

a) the helpfulness of criminal justice system,

b) the commonality of gender oppression across race and other divides,

c) what will end gender violence? What is your position on these arguments and why? 1 page (note: you don't have to summarize each article separately, just summarize what the arguments seem to be as a whole.

4) Describe an example (from media, the news, real life, anywhere) in which you see the intersections of race and gender violence. How does this intersection operate? ½ page.

The file for the first question is attached and to answer the questions you need to use the following links.

https://talkmag.in/cms/columns/book-talk/item/1564-the-congo-stigmata/

https://www.rainn.org/news/rainn-urges-white-house-task-force-overhaul-colleges%E2%80%99-treatment-rape

https://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/2013/12/11/one-billion-rising-eve-ensler-and-the-contradictions-of-carceral-feminisms/

https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/there-is-no-we-v-day-indigenous-women-and-the-myth-of-shared-gender-oppression