MATRIX OF OPPRESSION
| Social Identity Category | Privileged Social Groups (Agents) | Border Social Groups <-----------------> | Targeted Social Groups | Ism (Form of Discrimination) | |
| Race | White People | Biracial and Multiracial People | People of Color: Asian, Black Latino/a and Native/ Indigenous People | Racism | |
| Sex | Cissexual Men | Transsexual/ Intersexual People | Cissexual Women | Sexism | |
| Gender | Cisgender Men and Cisgender Women | Androgynous Cissexual People | Transgender, Genderqueer and Intersex People | Cissexism | |
| Sexual Orientation | Heterosexual People | Bisexual People | Lesbians and Gay Men | Heterosexism | |
| Class | Rich, Upper Class People | Middle Class People | Working Class and Poor People | Classism | |
| Ability/ Disability | Able-Bodied People | People with Temporary Disabilities | People with Disabilities | Ableism | |
| Religion | Protestant Christians | Non-Protestant Christians | Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Pagans | Religious Oppression (Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, etc.) | |
| Age | Middle-Aged Adults | Young Adults | Old People, Young People/ Youth | Ageism/ Adultism | |
| Weight | Thin People | Average-Sized People | People of Size / Fat People | Weightism/ Sizeism | |
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