“…At its core, intersectionality theory asserts that both our own, inner understandings of self and the kinds of access, opportunity and treatment we receive are the product of multiple and intersecting systems of social classification. This basic premise emerged in reaction to the perceived exclusionary and homogenizing tendencies of much second‐wave feminist theorizing, which, while it purported to represent a collective ‘woman's’ perspective, principally reflected the preoccupations and experiences of White, middle‐class, heterosexual women (Zack ; Ferree ). The notion that race, class, and national origin can combine with gender to produce a variety of different ‘standpoints’ (Collins ) thus began to gain currency in a number of fields (e.g., Davis ; hooks ; Hull, Scott, and Smith ; Anthias and Yuval‐Davis , ; Bryan, Dadzie, and Scafe ; James ).…”