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.
Explain to me how using English encourages racism. Racism against whom? These people called themselves English. That is well documented. So it’s not ahistoric.
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As I understand this debate, it reflects concerns about AS being co-opted as a racist term in current, not necessarily technical, usage. Which I can see is a real problem. English appears much more vulnerable to such misuse.
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Yes, the language spoken was a pre-cursor of english, and within that people used a term that translates to "English". But by parallel, I don't call the Franks "French", although the words are similarly related. Some became French, over time. Others didn't.
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