Summary Of The Uses Of Anger By Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde’s piece “The Uses of Anger” is written in direct reference to the racism colored women face, specifically black women. Her main argument is that black women are angry about the ample ways they are mistreated and ignored and how black women should use that fuel of anger to stand together, act, and create change in our society. This piece was written in 1981, a period of time where new policies were placed to make African American women with children dependent on public assistance, furthermore meaning that they didn’t have sufficient funds to partake in extracurricular activities such as conventions. This is relevant because Lorde references that by stating how the convention advocates for responding to racism however they refuse