Have you read Audre Lord's essay, 'We Must Learn to Use Our Power'? (1985)

It reminded me of the arson that tried to burn down Baldwin Hills. It is eerily prescient of the BLM movement. It also paints a harsh picture of the social stew in the rising days of the South African divestment movement.

I searched for this essay, looking for this quote:
" We are also citizens of the most powerful country in the world, a country which stands upon the wrong side of every liberation struggle on earth."

I had seen it elsewhere and wanted context. The essay is a compelling argument that ties the struggle for Black freedom from state violence to the Black African movement to free themselves from apartheid in S.A.

It's a fad to reduce feminist thinkers to bite sized quotes for pinterest inspo. It's another to read their work in total.

lithub.com/audre-lorde-we-must…

#BlackMastodon
#BLM
#BlackFeminism
#BlackLiberation
#AntiAuthoritarian

Audre Lorde: We Must Learn to Use Our Power

New York City, 1985. The high sign that rules this summer is increasing fragmentation. I am filled with a sense of urgency and dread: dread at the apparently random waves of assaults against people…

^{Literary Hub}