Lorde set out to confront issues of racism in feminist thought.

This fervent disagreement with notable white feminists furthered her persona as an "outsider"

Lorde stood out as an angry, accusatory, isolated black feminist lesbian voice

The criticism did not go only one way: many white feminists were angered by Lorde's brand of feminism. In her essay "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House", Lorde attacked underlying racism within feminism, describing it as unrecognized dependence on the patriarchy.

Lesbian Feminist