What Is Pathological Or Redemptive Nurture?

Entry 1-New York University Institute for the Humanities conference Lorde agreed to attend New York University Institute for the Humanities conference, and I would say that she had high expectancy to make some form of a difference in regards to race, sexuality, class, and age. As she walked me through the forum of how the conference was going, I was a little upset. I was almost certain that a platform such as this would have been astonishing for Lorde. How was she able to stand as a confident Black Lesbian feminist? Placing myself in her shoes, I do not think that I would have been able to maintain my confidence in such atmosphere. She spoke about the last two Black women being selected at the last minute, and this was not surprising to me …show more content…
This statement was powerful, because when the conversation of homosexual relationships would arise in a social or work environment I never had a clear understanding of why someone of the same sex felt complete in comparison to a heterosexual relationship. Pathological versus redemptive nurturing makes a great deal of sense in this content. Pathological, although I do not see it this way all the time, can be identified more in a heterosexual relationship. In heterosexual relationships some times you see more of the unreasonable nurturing. Most times it is related to culture or upbringing. The male is more in the dominate role in relationships and sometimes their views and ways of catering or nurturing the women is not reciprocated. In regards to redemptive nurturing this is comprehended more in the homosexual relationships. I can see how Lorde’s agrees wholehearted to this view being an African American, feminist, lesbian. The ability to feel liberated by someone of the same sex and it be reciprocated is something that I believe everyone wants in some form. Her ability to express this was so uplifting. I feel empowered to help those in the LGBTQ community with this simple …show more content…
For an order to survive, those of us for whom oppression is as American as apple pie have always had to be watchers, to become familiar with the language and manners of the oppressor, even sometimes adopting them for some of the illusion of protection.” This chapter I must say is one of my favorite chapters within this book. Reading this masterpiece, makes me feel as if Lorde’s is a friend of mine. She speaks with such volume and passion. I was so galvanized reading this section of this chapter that I had to take the time to read it to a few of my friends. I thought to myself that maybe I’m so engulfed with my first semester learning about policies, racism, power, privilege, etc. that maybe I’m just in love with all that she says, but when everyone had the same reaction to this area of this chapter I knew that, this was prevailing. She makes me question how was I thinking prior to reading this book. Her though process makes me feel so incomplete. How deep was it to read how the oppressed is the ones responsible for educating the oppressor!!! WOW WOW WOW. I would have never viewed it in this manner. I know that, this is not an empowering statement, but for some reason I felt so endowed reading that section, time after time. Maybe it because in my mind I feel,