In the essay There is No Hierarchy of Oppression, author Audre Lorde shares her intimate perspective on the hierarchy of oppression. Using personal examples, Lorde argues that since LGBT individuals exist within the POC community and vice-versa, the members of such communities must acknowledge and address on another’s problems and the oppression each group faces. She also states that one facet of herself that is not oppressed by a certain thing cannot benefit from the same oppression of another facet of herself. Lorde concludes her article by expressing that she cannot simply fight one brand of oppression since she is part of multiple oppressed communities. To be free of oppression completely, she must fight for every oppressed community.
