Discuss possibilities for resistance, resilience and healing at the intersection of class, race, and gender.

The intersectional lens refocuses our perspective on health and illness in several important ways. It invites us to understand race, class, and gender as relational concepts: not as attributes of people of color, the dispossessed, or women but as historically created relationships of differential distribution of resources, privilege, and power, of advantage and disadvantage. The intersectional approach requires that we interrogate the manner in which these axes of stratification intersect. It emphasizes the ways in which race, class, and gender are not additive but rather interlocking, interactive, and relational categories, “multiplicative”, “simultaneous”, “mutually constituted”, and characterized by “the articulation of multiple oppressions”.
The Deepest Well provides an intersectional perspective on issues related to childhood trauma. This book is written by a doctor, but it is also a personal reflection that draws upon the emotional experiences and creativity of the author, as well as her medical training and experience.
Why do you think Dr. Harris was moved to write this book? What is she hoping to accomplish? How did reading this book impact you, your understanding of yourself and yours ideas about the complex social aspects of health that the book explores? Using an intersectionality framework, discuss how of childhood trauma is related to health inequalities that impact populations across the life course. Also think about and discuss possibilities for resistance, resilience and healing at the intersection of class, race, and gender.
You essay should be approximately 1000 words and include references to the course materials to back up your opinions and assertions. I am interested in hearing your personal views in this essay but you must place them in the context of the larger conversation that is being had by the thinkers and authors you have encountered in the writing and other media resources of the course. Be sure to use proper citations and include a reference page. Your essay should include a strong thesis statement and be carefully proofread for spelling and grammatical errors.

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