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

== English == === Etymology === From Audre Lorde's essay "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House". === Verb === use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house (third-person singular simple present uses the master's tools to dismantle the master's house, present participle using the master's tools to dismantle the master's house, simple past and past participle used the master's tools to dismantle the master's house) (chiefly in the negative) To use the tools and framework of an oppressive (e.g. racist or patriarchal) system to end that oppression.