positionality

Noun

1. The quality of being positional.
2. The social context one inhabits that shapes and defines a person's identity and perspective.
   • In the post-civil rights era, some white men have adopted a marginalized positionality in an effort to reclaim the tacit social privileges of being white, heterosexual and male. - 2007, Sean Brayton, “MTV's Jackass:...
   • Many of my liberal friends and acquaintances now seem to believe that being a good person means constantly reminding Black people that you are aware of their Blackness. Difference, no longer to be politely ignored, is...