Audre Lorde Quotes

This Kind Of Action Is A Prevalent Error Among Oppressed Peoples. It Is Based Upon The False Notion That There Is Only A Limited And Particular Amount Of Freedom That Must Be Divided Up Between Us, With The Largest And Juiciest Pieces Of Liberty Going As Spoils To The Victor Or The Stronger. So Instead Of Joining Together To Fight For More, We Quarrel Between Ourselves For A Larger Slice Of The One Pie. Black Women Fight Between Ourselves Over Men, Instead Of Pursuing And Using Who We Are And Our Strengths For Lasting Change; Black Women And Men Fight Between Ourselves Over Who Has More Of A Right To Freedom, Instead Of Seeing Each Other's Struggles As Part Of Our Own And Vital To Our Common Goals; Black And White Women Fight Between Ourselves Over Who Is The More Oppressed, Instead Of Seeing Those Areas In Which Our Causes Are The Same. (Of Course, This Last Separation Is Worsened By The Intransigent Racism That White Women Too Often Fail To, Or Cannot, Address In Themselves.)

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