Mapping Abolition by https://padlet.com/edmundma76/j8lnkp9nuznyqi5n en-us 2023-05-12 00:32:53 UTC 2025-10-24 16:49:44 UTC hello@padlet.com The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House edmundma76 https://padlet.com/edmundma76/j8lnkp9nuznyqi5n/wish/2587906569 “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” is a speech given by Audre Lorde, where she was invited as the only black feminist speaker in a feminist conference. In this speech, she talks about how problematic it is to be the only black speaker in the conference. The underrepresentation of women of color makes Lorde have to educate the white women of the black women experience and oppression. The conference being organized around white women and their interests fails to acknowledge the struggle and oppression of other groups of women. So, Lorde uses the phrase, “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House,” to convey that using forms of oppression to end another form of oppression only reinforces oppression rather than brings social and structural change.

In this article by Brandon E Patterson, Patterson claims that one cannot be both pro-Black and homophobic. This article is a good example of how using the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. If one wants to speak out against racism and advocate for Black people, then being homophobic would not help at all. Since there are Black people who are also a part of the LGBTQ community, being homophobic does not help their cause since being homophobic also means participating in oppression against Black people.


]]> 2023-05-12 00:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/edmundma76/j8lnkp9nuznyqi5n/wish/2587906569 Intersectionality edmundma76 https://padlet.com/edmundma76/j8lnkp9nuznyqi5n/wish/2587907378 Intersectionality is a term coined by Kimberle Crenshaw. It refers to analyzing works and issues through the multidimensionality of identity and oppression. This is especially important in understanding the experiences of oppressed groups of people, such as women of color. Using this example, women of color are subject to several forms of oppression, including racism and sexism. So, through looking at their experiences using intersectionality, it helps one understand how these different forms of oppression intersect and play out together. It also shows that these forms of oppression are not mutually exclusive in that intersectionality allows one to see the relationship among oppressions.

In this TED Talk by Kimberle Crenshaw, Crenshaw introduces intersectionality and its importance in speaking up and advocating for victims of oppression. In this TED Talk, Crenshaw discusses how different oppressions are related through using a crossroad and traffic as an analogy then connects it to advocate and spread awareness for police brutality against black women.


]]> 2023-05-12 00:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/edmundma76/j8lnkp9nuznyqi5n/wish/2587907378 White Privilege edmundma76 https://padlet.com/edmundma76/j8lnkp9nuznyqi5n/wish/2587910092 In “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” Peggy McIntosh describes the idea of white privilege as “invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, assurances, tools, maps, guides, codebooks, passports, visas, clothes, compass, emergency gear, and blank checks.” This knapsack represents privilege in that it is given to white people without them having to earn it and that it affects everyone in society. For example, white privilege is evident in police interactions. In many cases of police interaction with heavily armed white men, the gunmen were given food and water, as seen with cops buying Burger King for Dylann Roof or when cops gave water to Kyle Rittenhouse. On the other hand, there have been many cases of unarmed black men getting shot by police.

In this image, it depicts the difference between white male privilege and the privilege of those who aren’t white or male. The white male, who is well dressed, has two hurdles he can easily avoid by running around them, conveying that white men have the most privilege. The woman has several obstacles she cannot pass through while being held back by a chain, showing that those who aren’t white or male will have struggles and have less privilege.


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