It is striking to me that when I said I wanted to move away from using AS in my thesis and replace it with Early English or early medieval England I was informed by a particular person in the field that it was more than defensible.
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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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Please read this thread from
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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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What's a MOC?
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Medievalist of Colour.
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