Finally, Roy’s call implies vigilance: refusal that merely obstructs corrodes trust. Audre Lorde warned, “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house” (1979), reminding us that methods can reproduce the harms they oppose. Therefore, effective no’s pair critique with construction—pointing to alternative processes, metrics, or communities. When our refusals are accountable, proportional, and forward-looking, they keep their refining edge without hardening into contempt, completing the arc Roy sketches from negation to creation. [...]
