It really bothers me that when the US has a problem, American scholars assume either (1) everybody has that problem or (2) everyone should accommodate their academic practice for that problem. No, actually, US academia should not decide world practice.
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Replying to @DollyJorgensen
I work in lit so I might be ignorant of any particular problem but I enjoy working with my colleagues around the world & hearing their perspectives. A recent example is the inquiry into our use of Anglo-Saxon in our work given its racist connotations & history around the world.
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Replying to @kacaliendo
That’s quite a good example because it’s N American scholars who strongly advocating abandonment of A-S term because of how it is used by (mostly US) far right without taking into account other (inter)national contexts in which A-S is used & its meanings there.
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Replying to @DollyJorgensen @kacaliendo
People have been taking that into account since the beginning. And there have been several English white supremacists and also academics who are IDing as Anglo-Saxon and also attacking BIPOC for wanting to move past the name.
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So why are people so desperately clinging to this term that is being defended by white supremacists? Like, I care more about the safety of my colleagues than whether a term is potentially more useful or accurate (and it’s not anyway).
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