![]() ![]() ![]() Lorde speaks of the men in Black communities failing to see the strength of the women as a resource but instead as a challenge to their own power and dominance. Sister Outsider perfectly highlights the struggles faced by both Black men and women while simultaneously holding Black men (alongside white men) accountable for their treatment of Black women. Oppressive practices that white people, like me, are only just starting to understand the extent of. I thought for the first time about how damaging and exhausting it must be to consistently see social media posts illustrating the daily inequalities and injustices that people of colour face. I remember seeing a tweet last year from a Black woman talking about how tired she was of having to explain racism, and its effects, to white people. ![]()
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