I research a period which crosses both 11thC conquests of England, so ‘English’ has always been a more useful term to me than ‘Anglo-Saxon’. I see discourse about how ‘English’ carries racist connotations, but I wonder how I could convey my research if I didn’t use this term?
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‘Anglo-Saxon’ I can drop easily, but using ‘England/English’ seems inevitable when those are essentially the geographical bounds of my research.
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Are those arguing ‘early English’ shouldn’t replace ‘Anglo-Saxon’ also arguing we shouldn’t use ‘English’ or ‘England’ in an early medieval context? If so, what should replace it?
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Replying to @FlorenceHRS
I don’t think English is racist. I’ve seen a lot of white people claim that, and certainly ethnonationalist terminology should be questioned but many regular people, BAME included, do ID as English. I think if there is one term to reclaim from racists it’s that one.
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And tbh this only seemed to be an issue until the AS thing. Never saw anyone question the England part of Anglo-Saxon England, or early medieval England, or early English, until now.
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