In Anderson and Collins, the chapter on "Why Race, Class, and Gender Still Matter" encourages readers to think about the world in their own framework of race, class, and gender. They argued that although society has changed and there is a wide range of diversity; race, class and gender still matter. Anderson and Collins stated, “Race, class, and gender matter because they remain the foundation of a system of power and inequality that, despite the diversity of our nation, continues to be among the most significant social facts of people's lives ". (Anderson and Collins, 2010) When I was little, I never knew that people were classified into groups such as race, class, gender. I knew there were people who had a different skin color than me. I knew that there were rich people and poor people, and that there were girls and boys. I saw everyone as human beings, equal and not classified as anything. As I grew up I started to see the differences in group classifications. It's not because I just woke up knowing that different classifications existed, but because I was taught them in school and in society. Anderson and Collins said, “Race, class, and gender shape the experiences of all people in the United States. (2010) This means that the experiences we have in life are shaped by a view of race, class and gender. As a low-income Hispanic person, I had a bad experience when I shopped at a predominantly white mall. I remember one time my aunts and I went to buy some clothes at a mall in Utah. When we were in a store looking at clothes we noticed that the store staff were following us as if we were about to steal something. When… half of the document… (2007) This case clearly demonstrated that there is no equality in the sentencing of female offenders and that women are sentenced more harshly than men. References Anderson, M.L., & CollinsPH (2010). Race, class, and gender: An anthology. Why race, class and gender still matter Eighth edition. Belknap, J. (2007). Invisible women. 3rd ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson Higher Education.McIntosh, P. (1988). White privilege, color and crime. Roxbury Publishing Company, Los Angeles, CARenzetti, C. (1999). The challenge to feminism posed by women's use of violence in intimate relationships. Tavris, C. (1992). The bad measure of woman: why women are not the better, inferior or opposite sex. The 70 kilogram man and the pregnant person. Simon & Schuster. Tellis, K. Dispensation. California State University, Los Angeles, California, February 11, 2014.