Okay, so in this video, we're going to talk about what I see as the biggest barrier to interprofessional collaboration,

and that is the power hierarchy.

By the end of this video, you'll be able to discuss the structure of hierarchical systems

and list the factors that keep the hierarchy in place.

You'll also be able to define internalized oppression

and horizontal violence. But before we get to the model where I'm going to show you what the

hierarchy looks like, I want to introduce the concept of intersectionality. This is a term that

unfortunately I did not learn until my mid-30s when I began reading about

racism and sexism and all kinds of other hierarchical system problems.

And unfortunately, I never learned this term in my many decades of education, both public

and private education.

And so if you don't know this term,

I'm glad that I'm introducing it to you. Many of you may already be very familiar with it.

Intersectionality was introduced by an American feminist legal scholar and civil rights advocate

Kimberly Williams Crenshaw. She defined intersectionality as overlapping or intersecting

systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination. Any quality in any area of life can occur

on a multi-dimensional basis. Usually we just focus on one part of injustice or a hierarchy.

However, the intersections often go overlooked.

And when you think about intersection nine, you can think about someone who is a midwife.

They're at the bottom of the hierarchy. They may also be a woman, and so they face sexism.

And they may also be black facing racism, a system of built-in injustice as well as personal

and individual discrimination.

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