PHIL 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Audre Lorde, Feminist Theory, Lorde
14 Sep 2016
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The master"s tools will never dismantle the master"s house . Big ideas: w/o community, no liberation, survival not academic skill. Take our differences and turn it into our strengths. Do not subscribe to the notion that our difference is suf cient reason to be divided: the master"s tools will never dismantle the master"s house . Tools and means used in constructing oppressive environment, cannot be the same ones that the oppressed uses to deconstruct the structure. X bring sig. systemic change: threatens women de ned by the master"s house (only source of support) Audre lorde: tokenized representation of woc in conferences, passive v. active being, divide & conquer > define & empower. Patriarchy urges us to lean on our differences as the pillar supporting divisive behaviour. Instead : acknowledge differences (de ne) and use to empower ourselves. Tuesday, september 13, 2016: evasion of responsibility, we do not know who to ask .
