Summary Of The Intersectionalization Of African American Culture

This proposed study will be relevant for a myriad of reasons. This study will examine the consequences of the marginalization of African American and other minority informal elder caregivers within formal eldercare services and healthcare environments and its effects their mental and physical health. Mohr and Purdie-Vaughns (2015) state this behavior is intersectional invisibility. The authors describe this conduct as a failure of some people to fully view individuals that have intersecting identities as members of their groups.
This study will also explore the roots of caregiver health inequities, and pursue mechanisms that encourage institutional racial and ethnic cultural awareness, competence and sensitivity in organizations that deliver