"The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House" - Lorde

Argument

Audre Lorde argues that there are differences between women, even feminists. Lorde shares how these differences are about "race, sexuality, class and age". She continues to explain how women are even discriminated against on an academic level where if they are not from a certain class, or particularly a white feminist, they are not asked to participate in events. Also how their work only gets published in different circumstances. Lorde states "those of us who stand outside of the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles of difference - those of us who are poor, who are lesbians, who are Black, who are older..." this quote explains how she views the differences. She explains how these are the people who are different, and will be different, because of power and privilege of other people. She then continues to explain how theses differences can lead to greater things, and strength. She explains how white feminists deal with the difference and the oppression. She tells the reader how academic feminists fail to see "difference as strength", also like they want to just be equal so bad, that they forget difference is what units them too. Finally Lorde says, "...white feminists have educated themselves about such an enormous amount over the past ten years, how come you haven't also educated yourselves about Black women and the differences between us - white and Black - when it is key to our survival as a movement?" This I think is her main point. Why isn't everyone united just for one cause. All women are trying to become equal so why do we have to "fight" among ourselves, when the real fight is just for equality of everyone.