06 Mar In the essay “Scratching the Surface: Some Notes on Barriers to Women and Loving,” Audre Lorde identifies “the vertical lines of power or authority”
In the essay “Scratching the Surface: Some Notes on Barriers to Women and Loving,” Audre Lorde identifies “the vertical lines of power or authority” (32). Drawing from Lorde’s argument, what does she mean by this statement? How are “the vertical lines of power or authority” portrayed in the short story, “Sweat,” by Zora Neale Hurston and the essay, “Black Men in Public Spaces,” by Brent Staples? Further, in what ways are the central characters/narrators in Hurston’s and Staples’s essays impacted by “vertical” power and authority?
