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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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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Dr C. M. Bromstick 🧹, Dublin Retweeted Erik "Mr. Bloodaxe" Wade
Please read this thread from
@erik_kaars about the racist roots of Anglo-Saxon studieshttps://twitter.com/erik_kaars/status/1171730118429073409?s=21 …Dr C. M. Bromstick 🧹, Dublin added,
Erik "Mr. Bloodaxe" Wade @erik_kaarsThread: I want to briefly rehearse the problems with the term "Anglo-Saxon" as a medieval term. In sum, it is a term with a racist history--in both Europe and America--since the 19th century at least. It also was not the primary term used in the medieval period.Show this thread1 reply 4 retweets 9 likesShow this thread -
Should have tweeted this earlier but I think Dr Mary Rambaran-Olm is
and has been dealing with a lot of shit slung her way. I recommend everyone read this letter in support of her here https://medievalistsofcolor.com/2019/09/ 1 reply 5 retweets 12 likesShow this thread
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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