This image describes an interaction between two individuals whose backgrounds differ greatly — myself and another. Our identities intersect along lines of race, gender, culture, ethnicity, and other more subtle categories, and these intersections affect our everyday communication. You and I may look like we are talking about the same thing, but are we?How do our intersecting identities, mine and yours, shape my perception in the conversation I’m having with you? How do your identities affect your own perception?How do we come to an understanding?