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    An individual may stand out in a group due to race, class... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Some injustices should be understood intersectionally, as responses to intersectional categories rather than to a single identity factor

    An individual may stand out in a group due to race, class, or sexuality, making them a target for injustice

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    Note, however, that in both sorts of cases the fact that one is or appears to be a woman need not be the only factor relevant in explaining the injustice. It might be, for example, that one stands out in a group because of one’s race, or one’s class, or one’s sexuality, and because one stands out one becomes a target for injustice. But if the injustice takes a form that, e.g., is regarded as especially apt for a woman, then the injustice should be understood intersectionally, i.e., as a response

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