# Intersectionality and the Oppression Pyramid

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**Created:** [May 7, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intersectionality-and-the-oppression-pyramid/1018016 "2025-05-07T16:38:39Z")\
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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> Or _just maybe_ people don’t like being demonized, silenced or threatened _regardless_ of their gender or skin color.

Again, criticism coming from people who see threats and persecution in the mere existence of a status hierarchy that they can’t dominate.

It’s OK to listen to other people. It’s OK that (for example) black queer women happen to be experts on what it’s like to be that. It’s OK that white men aren’t the most important voice in that particular conversation.

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