There Still is No Hierarchy of Oppression
TNS contributing writer Nicholas Mitchell writes a jeremiad on the betrayal of transgender citizens.
In 1983, Poet and philosopher Audrey Lorde published a short essay called “There is no hierarchy of oppression.” In it, she lays out a maxim that is elegant in its simplicity and profound in its meaning. She asserted that people experience various oppressions simultaneously, so we are obligated to fight all…
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