Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Lesson Plan

Why is anger so important to Audre Lorde?

Student responses should focus on "The Use of Anger: Women Responding to Racism."

Students should highlight how Lorde views anger as a response to "racist attitudes and to the actions and presumptions that arise out of those attitudes." Moreover, they should be able to articulate that the type of anger Lorde identifies emerges from women of color, in particular Black women, being frustrated with various systems of oppression and everyday experiences of discrimination. Students should also talk through the examples/interactions Lorde provides to further illustrate how anger over race relations manifests among women of color at...