I’m working on a writing multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
Read the article, 7-8 sentences for each question.
“Uses of Anger” by Lorde
What examples does Audre give for responses to her talks about racialized anger?
How are non-Black women of color considered more palatable than Black women? What effect does that have?
In what ways are women of color rendered invisible (“silenced, unchosen”, etc) in America?
How might “anger threaten annihilation” (pg. 131) for women
“The Birth Control Movement in Puerto Rico”
1. Describe the “great biological law” that Thomas Malthus believes in
2. How does Eugenics classify people? What problems does that create?
3. In what ways does the Eugenic ideology influence the U.S. birth control movement?
4. Who was birth control available for? Who was it deemed mandatory for? Why?
5. What is considered by conservative eugenicists to be part of the reason for the Puerto Rican “backwardness”?