When women are multiply interpolated they experience domination and subordination. They are discriminated for one, being a woman, and also discriminated by what race they are. All women are multiply interpolated because of their gender and all women are oppressed, minority women are oppressed more than others. Minority women are oppressed in ways other than their gender. They can be oppressed as women, for what race they are, culture, sexuality, class, abilism, etc.
A huge factor in why minority women are oppressed is due to what race they are. If women are of a race other than white they are normally seen as minority women. Minority women are oppressed from different directions by the dominant society which are white men and white women. Each minority group of women are also faced with similar and different oppressions.
One race in particular that is multiply interpolated are African Americans. African Americans are seen as the largest minority group. African American women were first seen as slaves to the white men and their families. In the article “The Experiences of Minority Women in the United States: Intersections of Race, Gender, and Class” by Elizabeth M. Almquist, states that “African women were brought to the United States to work, to produce, and to reproduce.” (Almquist 54). Women are often known as housewives who stay at home to clean, cook, and take care of their children. African American women have never been able to classify themselves as housewives because as slaves they were taking care of their master and his family. When African American women were slaves they were required to have children, often times through forced breeding and would then go back to their normal work. It is idle dreaming to think of black women simply caring for their homes and children like the middle class white model. Most black women have to work to help house, feed and clothe their families. Due to that, African American women make up a...