"Women responding to racism means women responding to anger, the anger of exclusion, of unquestioned privilege, of racial distortions, of silence, ill-use, stereotyping, defensiveness, misnaming, betrayal, and coopting" (Lorde)
- the author uses a call to action strategy to relay a very strong opinion about how women should respond to racism
- throughout her whole argument, her main conviction to women of color was to express anger literally and metaphorically- as she lists all these unfortunate aspects that women face regularly, the long list of mistreatments calls out to her audience that this list of mistreatments is more than enough reason to release angers and overcome the fears and discrimination by expressing direct and particular anger
- a major point that the author was trying to prove is that when racist attitudes do not change from plain actions or reactions, anger and fury must arise to make an apparent change
The Mouth, A Voice
- all 3 pieces are calls to action by the author, directly speaking to their targeted audience
- "The Master's Tools..." calls to action for racism amongst women and examines tools that women are able to possess to take over power in 'plantations'- women confronting social norms and creating a shift in power
- "The Uses of Anger" also calls to action for women responding to racism with anger and fury, not remaining silent as a small group, but using anger as a strength and empowerment tool to face the many fears and discriminations during racism
- "Speaking in Tongues" calls to women of color to realize the power that is overtaking their speech and their authority and the author calls to action for the strength of every women's language and unique speech to reign over the powers of white supremacy
- all 3 pieces elaborate about the power of the mouth, the power of the voice: through writing, through anger, and through tools/resources, women and especially women of color are able to use their voices as a loud instrument
