Summary Of Audre Lorde's Article I Am Your Sister
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Tara Brennan
Student # 3745834
Prof. Marie-Katherine Waller, Ph.D.
FEM 1100 C
24 March 2005
_I am Your Sister: Black Women Organizing Across Sexualities (Audre Lorde)_ - A Critical Reflection Paper - Personal Review
Audre Lorde, in the article I am Your Sister: Black Women Organizing Across Sexualities, provides a clear assessment of the traditional and contemporary difficulties that Black Lesbian Feminists have to deal with everyday. Lorde illustrates, for the reader, among her own personal experiences and stories, the struggles that not only Black women, but Black lesbian women and gay men continuously live with. She explains that we should not try to become identical to each other in order to attempt to …show more content…
I enjoy the way she organizes her arguments. Speaking from a Black Lesbian Feminist's perspective, Lorde defines the problems of Black Lesbian women, such as herself. Originally, this article struck my attention, because I have always taken an interest in homosexual minorities and why it is that people fear them and consider them a bad seed in society. Why? A lesbian woman isn't going to attack you because she is a lesbian! Personally being an immigrant, a minority, and a foreigner in this country, I can understand what it is like to be discriminated against and often feared. People fear the unordinary, the unrecognizable. Perhaps, the reason that I chose this article for my critical analysis is because I can relate to it, on a much deeper and personal level than many around me can. As I am able to connect to Lorde's personal arguments, I continue to realize my deep hatred for the stereotyping and discrimination that still so strongly exists within our communities. Look around. Pay attention and observe. You will see. People have become too obsessed with homophobia and homosexual couples. I believe that as a society, as a whole, we must try to dissolve this media-created obsession revolving around lesbians and gays, and we must begin to accept others for who they
Tara Brennan
Student # 3745834
Prof. Marie-Katherine Waller, Ph.D.
FEM 1100 C
24 March 2005
_I am Your Sister: Black Women Organizing Across Sexualities (Audre Lorde)_ - A Critical Reflection Paper - Personal Review
Audre Lorde, in the article I am Your Sister: Black Women Organizing Across Sexualities, provides a clear assessment of the traditional and contemporary difficulties that Black Lesbian Feminists have to deal with everyday. Lorde illustrates, for the reader, among her own personal experiences and stories, the struggles that not only Black women, but Black lesbian women and gay men continuously live with. She explains that we should not try to become identical to each other in order to attempt to …show more content…
I enjoy the way she organizes her arguments. Speaking from a Black Lesbian Feminist's perspective, Lorde defines the problems of Black Lesbian women, such as herself. Originally, this article struck my attention, because I have always taken an interest in homosexual minorities and why it is that people fear them and consider them a bad seed in society. Why? A lesbian woman isn't going to attack you because she is a lesbian! Personally being an immigrant, a minority, and a foreigner in this country, I can understand what it is like to be discriminated against and often feared. People fear the unordinary, the unrecognizable. Perhaps, the reason that I chose this article for my critical analysis is because I can relate to it, on a much deeper and personal level than many around me can. As I am able to connect to Lorde's personal arguments, I continue to realize my deep hatred for the stereotyping and discrimination that still so strongly exists within our communities. Look around. Pay attention and observe. You will see. People have become too obsessed with homophobia and homosexual couples. I believe that as a society, as a whole, we must try to dissolve this media-created obsession revolving around lesbians and gays, and we must begin to accept others for who they