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Since the beginning of time, history has shown us that there have been many inequalities between gender and race. Over the years, there have been many different movements and groups that have tried to solve the seemingly everlasting problem. Each group coming u ....

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.... Lorde is a black forty-nine-year old mother of two involved in an interracial lesbian relationship. She has lived her life under oppression from day one. When growing up in today’s society, “oppression is as american as apple pie” (103). She believes that it has always been that the oppressed people of society have always been expected to “bridge the gap” and change to fit in. They have been the ones to learn and adapt to the ways of the oppressor, and sometimes even are the teachers. “It is the responsibility of the oppressed to teach the oppressors their mistakes” (103). The oppressed are sometimes “called upon” to tell the ....