St. Patrick's Battalion: America's First Military Intersectionality

VOC Veterans Of Color takes a historical dive into a bunch of warriors who wanted a better life for themselves and others. American military intersectionality goes back to the early 1800s with the formation of the St Patrick's Battalion by many US military men who were poor, Irish, and other European immigrants, Catholics, escaped slaves, freed, and African Americans. They came together with their differences to promote intersectionality in the areas of race, class, and nationality.

* This is a veteran fact checked audio essay with the sources below.

Links

US National Park Service's Recognition of St Patrick's Battalion

https://www.nps.gov/places/the-san-patricio-brigade.htm

The St Patrick's Battalion Narrative

https://aaregistry.org/story/recognizing-the-saint-patricks-battalion/

What is intersectionality, and what does it have to do with me? | YW Boston

https://www.ywboston.org/2017/03/what-is-intersectionality-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-me/

Intersectionality Explained

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race-gender-discrimination

Intersectionality and the individual ecomap

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=ecomap+and+intersectionality+hartman&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart#d=gs_qabs&t=1677726813510&u=%23p%3DVQFIQumHWhAJ