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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