Fury in Audre Lorde's "Power"
Through history down to the present day, injustice because of race, color, and religion are common ground in our society. "Power" by Audre Lorde is a work which focuses on a trial which is seen through the eyes of a poet. This black woman expresses her feeling of fury as to the disadvantages accorded to those which aren't part of the white dominant culture even through the eyes of law. She blames the racist system and those who run it as being the root of the problem; they have too much power. Audre chooses to explain her thoughts in a poem instead of a rhetorical manner of writing.A jury acquitted a cop that killed a ten-year-old black child simply because of his color. This is utter proof of the injustice that black folks suffer at the hands of whites. "Power" is all about the injustice that black people are suffering due to white supremacy. This young innocent child died only because of the hate that a white man with a gun had against a dark skinned human being. The blinding injustice in this story is that the jury knows that the cop killed the child only because of his color, the jury even heard the proof on a tape: "I didn't notice the size or nothing else only the color"(797). Killing someo
ne is illegal in all its aspects and forms, nobody has the right to do that. How come a cop that the jury and even the judge heard on a tape, saying to a young child: "Die you little mother*censored*er"(797). The cop is acquitted from a murder when the court has the proof that he did it only because of the fact that he's white and has reputable job. Here we hav! Audre Lorde expresses her emotions and feelings through poetry which reaches many people of every kind. This method skillfully combines art and knowledge through her use form and sound to create her own style of poem. She doesn't write in a poetic fashion, her poetry is of the lyrical mode. Talking to the reader through her poetry is her style. The form and sound of this poem makes us realize a true feeling of being showed the right path to take as to the denunciation of racism in the justice system. It's a declaration of human rights and the abuse of the system which some people bend to their own convenience. She demonstrates this through the anger expressed from beginning to the mind-boggling conclusion of this poem. Further, the form Audre uses gives use a feeling of being taught a lesson that in form of a poem will touch a worldwide audience. Audre Lorde's dramatic feelings of anger and fury towards a corrupt justice system are
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Approximate Word count = 878
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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