But that same person went on to insult a MOC for suggesting we all move away from this racism term and said she was on a witch hunt.
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I have a latent fear of reprisal from older white men (and some white women) in my field but I know that I have incredible privilege and this interaction highlighted it for me.
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Anyway I don’t want to be in my feelings about this so I want to say to my fellow white scholars: we have a responsibility to our MOC colleagues to support them, listen to them, and stand with them.
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And it’s natural and good that our field evolves. Changing terminology isn’t a bad thing nor is it giving into fascists. We need to fight the white supremacists twisting medieval history for their own purposes
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But we also need to acnknowledge the racist roots that our field has.
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Should have tweeted this earlier but I think Dr Mary Rambaran-Olm is
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And her article she wrote about white supremacy in AS studies here https://medium.com/@mrambaranolm/anglo-saxon-studies-academia-and-white-supremacy-17c87b360bf3 …
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Thank you for this. It’s sobering but unsurprising. Thank you for speaking out, though. You are the change our field needs. And it’s really heartening to hear that scholars like you have already been examining this terminology in their work.
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Thank you! I’m trying and I know I will always have something to learn. I want to do right by my MOC colleagues and anyone wanting to come into the field.
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