These labels allow me to place everyone in a tidy category and anyone not categorized as I cannot understand me. Now the blackboard has become the pages of her writing. Not only does Lorde categorize everyone, she perpetuates the stereotypes about these categories. She blames black men for all violence. White men are responsible for all oppression.
Heterosexuals are unable to get in touch with their own gender.
White woman are too privileged and stupid to understand the plight of the black woman. And all oppress the black woman because all are afraid of her power. Within this framework of labeling, we are reverting back to segregation. Concentrating on the differences between groups enhances the tensions between them. No one will ever be able to overcome oppression, whether it is caused by racism, sexism, heterosexism, ageism, or classism, without the help of others.