Lorde's focal subject in this section is "difference" - differences of sex, class, race, sexuality, encounter, and so forth. She examines the differences amongst women and challenges female activists to acknowledge these distinctions, and to also commend them, as opposed to trying to defeat them by disregarding their reality. She contends that we should take our disparities and make them qualities. Although, white feminists are afraid to tackle differences, this is the only way that a community can be created. Lorde utilizes the word "interdependency" to allude to the genuine association amongst women and their want to sustain each other. She urges women to hold onto this as an approach to opportunities to be a dynamic, innovative being, as
