Grey's Anatomy Character Analysis

The show that I choose is Grey’s Anatomy. I believe that two of the main doctors in the show, Callie and Arizona do not represent the awareness of interconnected, intersectional identities. Callie is a Hispanic doctor, whereas Arizona is caucasian. I believe that these two characters do not bring awareness because they are two high class individuals and they don’t hide their relationship status. The other doctors in the show support their status on themselves. Additionally, their status expresses that they are two very successful people and being lesbian doesn’t interrupt their future. Also, their relationship presents that they are not lower than anyone else in the show. At the beginning of their relationship, they hid their relationship from

others, but later on people accepted the beliefs that the two doctors had. They did not let their racial and social status get in the way of their success and I believe that this is an important point of the show that is portrayed to the audience. Additionally, the stereotypes of races is broken in their relationship because it shows that caucasian women are and can view differently about themselves. A quote that demonstrates the status of this show is “ white women and women of color not only live different lives but white women live the lives they doing large part because women of color live the ones they do” (Brown 298). I believe that this quote is proven wrong in Grey’s Anatomy because the hispanic and caucasian couple both work in the same field as doctors. They are both equally treated by every patient and employee in the hospital. Additionally, I think that this show does not defines “intersectional identities” very well because there is a sense of acceptance by everyone in the show to their values and beliefs. Overall, I think that intersectionality is portrayed as discrimination of an individuals social status, judgment and opinions on the way that they want to present themselves to society.