“Too often, we pour the energy needed for recognizing and exploring difference into pretending those differences are insurmountable barriers, or that they do not exist at all.” -Audre Lordeħ. “When we define ourselves, when I define myself, the place in which I am like you and the place in which I am not like you, I'm not excluding you from the joining-I'm broadening the joining.” -Audre LordeĦ. And in order for us to do this, we must allow each other our differences at the same time as we recognize our sameness.” -Audre Lordeĥ. “What we must do is commit ourselves to some future that can include each other and to work toward that future with the particular strengths of our individual identities. I do not have to be you to recognize that our wars are the same.” -Audre LordeĤ. “You do not have to be me in order for us to fight alongside each other. When you come into conflict over other existing differences, there is a vulnerability to each other which is desperate and very deep.” -Audre Lordeģ. And if you survive you survive, because those skills and defenses have worked. “When a people share a common oppression, certain kinds of skills and joint defenses are developed.
“In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.” -Audre LordeĢ. The following quotes capture her perspective on creating bonds and open a window into how we can better work together towards our goals.ġ. Lorde was keen on embracing people’s differences in order to build stronger coalitions and communities. From Audre Lorde’s Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, this collection of quotes honors her ongoing influence and reflects her wisdom. Today, Lorde’s legacy lives on in both her written work and the lives of those impacted by her activism. A self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” she was known for the bold and powerful language she used throughout her many poems, essays, and speeches as well as her two memoirs. Audre Lorde was a writer, librarian, civil rights activist, and feminist who dedicated her life to fighting against the injustices of homophobia, classism, sexism, and racism.
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