When I was in law school, I had the privilege of working at the Institute on Race & Poverty.  IRP was focused on issues that were found at the intersection of race and poverty.  IRP recognized that while race and poverty were concerns independent of each other, when they intersected, it raised a different and more complex set of concerns. I appreciated that perspective as a law student, but as a professional and a community member, the realities of that perspective have deepened over time.