English Explanatory Dictionary

use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To use the tools and framework of an oppressive (e.g. racist or patriarchal) system to end that oppression.

Word forms

use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house uses the master's tools to dismantle the master's house using the master's tools to dismantle the master's house used the master's tools to dismantle the master's house

Etymology

From Audre Lorde's essay "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House".

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