The name "Society of the Study of Early Medieval England" is racist?
Stop. You are only digging a bigger hole for yourself. If you don’t like Early Medieval England (which is not racist btw) then suggest something else as an alt to the actually racist phrase Anglo-Saxon.
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Thing is, Early Medieval England isn't (as far as I'm aware) any more exclusionary than Anglo-Saxon. If it were being advertised as "British" (which it isn't) or "Insular" then yes, it would be erasing Celtic peoples. As it is, AS as a term also excludes Celtic peoples.
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Of the two, Early Medieval England is ahistoric, but no more so than AS, and it doesn't carry the legacy of white supremacy to the same extent that AS does. It means teachers have to be careful to avoid suggesting England as a nation was inevitable, but that was already the case.
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I’ve done plenty of reading thanks. I think you need to get with the times, frankly, and do a lot more listening to the discussions here. Plus, it’s not exactly a revolutionary idea to use Early Medieval England or Early English based on the historical sources. Which I have said.
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