Is intersectional racial justice organizing possible? Confronting generic intersectionality

This article empirically charts how a discursive construction of the separation race and racial justice organizing, “intersectionality” serves to uphold white supremacy efface intersectional marginalization among people colour. Undertaking first study UK policymakers practitioners in equality organizations understand operationalize “intersectionality”, it maps “generic intersectionality”, which is delivered benefit “all”. Through empirical examples, its detrimental effects for are demonstrated. First, used as rationale relinquishment focus on race/racism; constructed uniquely incapable doing intersectionality. Second, “neutral”, “unspecific” representatives those capable knowing about Intersectionally marginalized constituted non-credible knowers doers Generic intersectionality novel use intersectionality, gives new name liberal sameness constructs beneficiaries monolithic, “everyone”.