Thank you for taking your time to provide feedback on my manuscript. I took the suggestions seriously and carefully and revised the paper accordingly.

First, I have revised my abstract to highlight the importance of my study. In doing so, I have highlighted the race aspect of the paper and clearly stated major findings from the study, concluding with my contribution to the scholarship of intersectional identities.

Second, I have strengthened my discussion of intersectional identities on page 5. In doing so, I have added the discussion of context-dependent salience of some identities (McCall 2001) and rely on Collins’ (2000) matrix of domination to explain how various systems of oppression affects individuals’ everyday lives as well as how