Audre Lorde describes her experience at the conference at NYU as something that stood out to her. She realized the majority of women who were there were white and there was a lack of representation and diversity of women of color. She notes that even though the problem feminism tries to fight continues to decrease, it will not happen unless women of color will be given their part. Her overall message was the society tries to silence particular people and in order to have such things under control, we need all kinds of people to be included and given the opportunity to share and speak about the issues we face every day. I agree with her statement “For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house” because I was in a place where I was silenced. Unfortunately in order to stand with this opinion people have to be in this situation in order to understand the importance of this problem. this metaphor brings awareness that women of color have been put aside when it comes to speaking up. Some women get praised for their small actions, while others do tremendous work and get looked upon as if nothing happened. Privileged people need to realize that if oppression was not part of their lives it does not mean it does not exist. Feminism is about women´s rights and somehow even in this movement, some women do not get enough credit.
I agree with your statement and think it is important for black women to have voices in the feminist movement because it directly affects them as well. The harsh reality is that even if black women get the chance to “sit at the table” and occupy spaces where they can enact change, racism, classism, sexism etc. still prevents black activists from obtaining a decent platform that they can share their messages. We need radical reform to destroy the master’s house AND the tools, as utilizing the tools won’t do anything but perpetuate injustices.