Some sensible points relating to current debates on terminology in this thread here, fwiw :)https://twitter.com/DrLRoach/status/1184428446144978944 …
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So there is an argument that we need to reclaim the word which is so harmful and emblematic is the field being hostile to BIPOC. Or that we need to keep using it because the other terms are just as bad, or that racism does not exist in the UK.
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So while the discussion of terminology is a useful one, and how to determine which is best and what the problems are, debates over how harmful AS is elides the problems of racism experienced in the past plus the vitriol experienced on here towards BIPOC and ECRs.
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Yes, the ISXX listserv, conference as well as Leeds conversations and otherwise (online or in person) seem to suggest that people were indeed doubting or unwilling to accept that the historical racist baggage of the term (globally).
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Interesting. Of course, any term used by Victorian writers often ended up being used in awful ways--have you seen E.A. Freeman's merrily genocidal 'Old English History for Children' published in the 19thC!? (I can pull a choice quote out if not, but won't burden you if you have!)
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