Kimberlé Crenshaw says Juneteenth reminds us "freedom is not a one and one situation."

Kimberlé Crenshaw says Juneteenth reminds us "freedom is not a one and one situation."

I first heard the word “intersectionality” during an identity workshop I took in undergrad. Inside our student center, my classmates and I stood under colorful signs naming different aspects of identity—like race, gender, sexuality—as we were asked a series of questions that required us to stand underneath one and talk about how that part of our identity impacted our lives. Finally, I had a word that could help broach conversations with classmat…