Just discovered her work, my new favorite person.

@sophieogbe6702

2 жыл бұрын

same

Thank you Audre Lorde 💖✊🏽✊🏻✊🏾✊🏿🌈✨💗

I matured as a black lesbian reading and listening to Audre Lorde. She was alive then and working for the freedom of all African People. Speaking truth to power always. She was banned from entry into a Caribbean country because of her natural hair. She worked on the front line as a struggling youth and this work ultimately took her life. There is much strength, knowledge and wisdom in her words and deeds. I am full because you lived. Thank you.

@NoticeFeelBreathe

2 жыл бұрын

💗💗💗

@skfahadfardin2011

Жыл бұрын

How Does Audre criticizes white supremacy in her poems.

@angelg8445

11 ай бұрын

@@skfahadfardin2011 did u not listen to her words my friend?

#Presente camarade Audre Lord! Today, yesterday & ever! ♀️♀️✊🏾♀️♀️✊🏾🚩🚩✊🏾♀️♀️ #StopBolsonaro

Warrior with clear vision.

TY for posting this powerful word from one of my fav. writers and activists! Continually learning from her. ✊🏾💥✊🏿♥️📣

Great video .!!!

Powerful inspiring enlightening

So powerful.

As an aspiring VO artist, I really appreciate so much about this. On many levels. Professionally, and personally. Great read.

R.I.P. AUDRE LORDE. The path to liberation was made stronger through her work

Love this so much intersectionality is so important

DAYUM.

Wonderful

Workers of the world unite!

Powerful!

🔥🔥🔥 🙏🙏🙏

Powerful.

Enjoyed your discussion. I’m a fiction story writer and I believe the following story will not only appeal to Afro Americans but also any individual or group that experiences racial prejudice. It is based on a true incident that took place in the 1950s when racial prejudice was rampant. My philosophy is akin to Dr Martin Luther King’s of non violence with the belief that racial prejudice can be resolved in a more peaceful way. Titled: “ Eloise, Edna And The Chicken Coop: ELOISE, EDNA & THE CHICKEN COOP There was once a young Black lady named Eloise who in the 1950s inherited from her grandmother a parcel of land in the suburbs of Compton, California at a time when there was strong racial prejudice against women of color-especially those Black women who owned property in predominately white neighborhoods. It happened there lived adjacent to Eloise’s land a white woman named Edna who did not like the fact that a Black lady owned land next to hers. Eloise would try to be friendly because she believed Jesus when He said “Love Thy Neighbor” and to Eloise that meant even if your neighbor was unfriendly. But whenever Eloise saw Edna, Edna would turn her back and ignore her and go about her business. In fact, ever since Edna’s husband died a decade ago, she became mean and unfriendly to everyone in the neighborhood. But to Eloise, she was especially hateful and full of animosity so much so that at night when all the lights in Eloise home were off, Edna went to her own backyard where she kept her chicken coop and gathered up all the manure and dumped it on Eloise land and upon her tomatoes and her greens and everything she was growing, in an attempt to destroy it. And when Eloise realized the next morning that there was all this manure, instead of becoming angry, she decided to rake and mix it in with the soil and use it as fertilizer. Every night Edna would dump the manure from her chicken coop litter box on Eloise’s land and every morning Eloise would turn the manure over and mix it in with the soil. This went on for several weeks until one morning Eloise noticed there was no manure in her yard. One of the neighbors informed Eloise that Edna had fallen ill. But because Edna was so disliked because of her unfriendly personality , no one came to see her. But when Eloise heard about Edna’s condition she picked the best flowers from her garden, walked to Edna’s house, knocked on her front door and when Edna saw Eloise she was in complete shock that this Black lady who she had been so cruel to, would be the only neighbor to visit and bring flowers. Edna was deeply moved by Eloise kindness. Then Eloise handed the flowers to Edna who uttered “These are the most beautiful flowers I’ve ever seen! Where’d you get them?” Eloise replied “Edna, I owe you a debt of gratitude; if it wasn’t for you, these flowers would not exist. It was you who helped me make them because when you were dumping in my yard, I decided to plant roses and use your manure as fertilizer.” This unexpected act of kindness opened the floodgate of Edna’s heart that had been closed for so long. “When I’m feeling better, I would love to have you over for tea,” Edna informed Eloise. “Thank you, “ Edna replied , assuring her she would come. And then added “ I will pray for your speedy recovery every night” And with those words Eloise departed. It’s amazing what can blossom from manure. There are some who allow manure to fall on them and do nothing. But then there are others-like Eloise -who “turn the other cheek” when abused or in this case “turn over the soil” to make something new like those beautiful red roses that opened a white woman’s heart -Al Fogel ~~ -All love in isolation from Miami Beach, Florida, -Al

My Lord

Gosh this is powerful and will always need to be listened to until we need no longer to; when we finally smash white supremacy, heterosexism and capitalism, and build a beautiful, humanist system on top of the rubble.

Thanks

James Baldwin (ggg-ay) didn't conclude what Audre (LLLesbian) did. He knew black issues were at top of priority, she didn't.

Today’s her birthday! How old would she be?

We can work with anyone we want, but we also must understand that others may not help us. When the feminist movement first started black women supported it, but when the white women of that era got what they wanted, they did not support black women.

Didnt know that about thr klan banning gay books in detroit. Reminiscing of today

Is Miss Lorde reading this too or is it voiced by another?

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Nothing but pure Destruction here!

How Does Audre criticizes white supremacy in her poems.

Well said & thought provoking but I have to disagree about her statement about the hierarchy of oppression. There's a reason Blacks suffer discrimination & racism to higher degrees than other POC's. We loose focus on our collective goals & destabilize our unity when we adopt other groups struggles as if they are our own. If your house is a mess & you're behind on your bills you do yourself & any ally a disservice if you don't focus on cleaning your own house 1st & paying your own debts 1st. The Afro-American situation in this country is dire & requires emergency attention. Philosophizing about the intersectionality between oppressed groups is a good exercise & yes there will always be instances when the Black American plight & that of other groups can be attacked in unison but this should not,cannot ever be the norm. We are to far under the gun to lend our full energy to these other issues now. Oppression does have an hierarchy & we must combat & defend against the most urgent & accute problems 1st. Audrey says heterosexism & sexism comes from the same source of racism. They obviously intersect but I won't argue Lourdes point here but rather I'll point out when the police harassed Audrey throughout her life or when she would be followed throughout the store while shopping or when she would be discriminated against when seeking housing she suffered none of these things because of her sexuality. She suffered these things because she was Black. This is her & our primary unifying factor. Audrey comes from that age when White constructs like feminism in particular were used to cause rifts between our revolutionary Black Brothas & Sisters. Gloria Steinem is an admitted CIA agent. The FBI Cointelpro was designed to do what ever necessary to weaken or destroy the Black power movement. Never would I say issues Black women have with Black men are invalid & should be ignored but there's an African organic way of healing these rifts. Black gay & Lesbians do need to be encompassed & embraced fully into our peoples overall movement but we definitely need to discuss ideological differences. Our people are like a car with a busted transmission, flat tire, broken windshields & is missing a battery. We are not in the position to fix all these things at once. The most important thing of say the thing on the highest level of hierarchy would be our transmission. With out it the wheels & windows are only for looks. Audrey's position here seems to be saying Homophobia, Gender issues & such effect African Americans as brutally & punishingly as systemic racism in all its forms. This simply isn't true

@hoghug4338

Жыл бұрын

She's not saying that black people suffer the same as other marginalised people, she's saying that identities are all intermingled like being a black lesbian or being mixed race -so therefore they are all important and everyone must fight together because freedom for one group births the possibility for freedom to another. That was one of her core messages is that though different aspects of your identity may present you with different problems they cannot be separated from each other because everyone is one whole person.

@hoghug4338

Жыл бұрын

"There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself-whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc.-because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else."- Audre Lorde. And I think by advocating for other groups it will make the number who fight for you in return bigger

@HughEMC

Жыл бұрын

@@hoghug4338 Blacks have seen these other groups rights & even privileges catapult in priority for decades now. We've seen these groups acquire these "freedoms" while an insidious system of systemic racism has only become more entrenched. #AfricanAmerican issues require different & better solutions than the so-called #liberalleft have & are offering. Its a matter of simple logic that different groups require different approaches to achieve equity in this country. Many of the liberal left's priorities are actually harmful to our already decimated family structure & culture. We don't need algebra elemenated until highschool or school cirruculums made easier to "help" our kids. We need educational programs like tutoring & extra assistance with study. #CRT in schools is a lovely sentiment but it won't improve African American kids average academic excellence. I've worked as a tutor in schools helping Black & poor kids learn more & better only to see the programs I worked for defunded. Later I see #queertheory's #genderidealogical component entrenched into educational cirruculums & school board law & regulation. Black youth have been doing poorly in school since desegregation but as ive mentioned ive only seem programs to address this defunded & no none of our allies came to our assistance in this crucial matter. So I've realized we simply have to create these program our selves. Blacks have seen Asians & Hispanics near fully allowed to amalgamate into American society while in many way the #AfricanAmerican position has worsened after desegregation. Even efforts at police reform are seemingly sabotaged with terrible names & slogans like " #defundthepolice" I'm like only the left understood what that was really about but even the progressive reforms have only made crime skyrocket. So much so super liberal San Francisco citizens sounded like rabid conservatives crying for #ChelsaBoudin ouster. No none of this "help" has worked for us while our "Blackness" & the legitimacy of our historic struggle is used when needed by other groups to push their agendas into law,the education systems & into Democratic political prominence. Yeah our "allies" will march with us but that also benifits the allies movements visibility & virtue signaling is a thing. No matter how a Black person identifies they catch hell 1st for being Black & more for being Black. We have to focus on our most dire situation primarily. I'm not saying Blacks can't ally themselves with other people groups movements but our situation has to be the priority because its simply the most crucial. Especially to us

This is attacking non-blackness with non-black thought.

Labels, labels, labels. Complaining about labels while creating more labels. Lame.

What a whinny crybaby... I would hate to go through life blaming other people for my short comings.

@jimjohnson2071

3 жыл бұрын

@Zoe Rooney C'mon... I don't believe that for one minute. I have traveled all over the South and I never seen anyone treated poorly because of their skin color.. don't believe the lie!

@jimjohnson2071

3 жыл бұрын

@Zoe Rooney There is no racism is New York because they all WOKE! They have that BLM thing painted on the side walk. So obviously this is not true and who can remember back to 1920...LOL

@ajl2232

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimjohnson2071 I have travelled all over NYC and not once have I seen anyonr getting shot? Does it mean nobody in NYC has ever been shot? You sound ridiculous.

@ajl2232

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes you need to point a finger at the problem. That is the beginning to finding a solution for it.

@jimjohnson2071

3 жыл бұрын

@@ajl2232 Well. I have never had a white person come to me and say they hate black people, and i traveled all over the Country including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. So what does that tell you?

Identity politics at its worst!

@psnimnam9380

3 жыл бұрын

In what way?

@jtarealproperty3783

3 жыл бұрын

“Judge people by the content of their character not the color of their skin, gender, sexuality, ethnicity eg IDENTITY”! Audrey Lorde and here followers contemporary followers are upper middle class people seeking power as victims! Audrey Lorde lived a privileged life better than 99% of the human population! She lived in Judith’s Fancy in St Croix the most wealthy section of the island the last several years of her life walking on the beach smoking pot after dinner! I knew her personally very well and she was an elitist behind closed door! Her sorry ass partner Gloria Joseph wouldn’t allow her “workers” in her home and had Xmas parties for her rich friends and another for her island relatives! .

@mslitchick

3 жыл бұрын

@@jtarealproperty3783 You don't understand Lorde. Worse yet, you misspelled her first name. It's spelled Audre.

@mslitchick

3 жыл бұрын

@@jtarealproperty3783 "her" not "here."

@relaxingsounds1386

2 жыл бұрын

@@psnimnam9380 in a neo-marxist identity politics way. you're welcome. commence obfuscating.

ahem sister - all united except for nigerians. we pulled a chappelle and traded them for the irish bye bye nijia we all know u want to be british 😝