Ah we've been discussing this issue in my field (medieval studies) for some time. White supremacy is deeply embedded in everything, particularly our field even how we respond to racism. The kneejerk reaction particularly by wyte women is to turn this into whataboutism. I'm 1/2
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Replying to @ISASaxonists @AlixAltair and
simply asking for them to acknowledge that racism needs to be called out on its own and/or that it's intersectional b/c BlWOC are not included when they speak about misogyny. 2/2
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Replying to @ISASaxonists @AlixAltair and
Not all. Allies are everywhere x
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Replying to @DrJaninaRamirez @AlixAltair and
What does an ally mean though and who decides who is an ally?
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Replying to @ISASaxonists @AlixAltair and
Is everything a fight? Love is deep and difficult to describe. It’s from the core and I don’t know how to defend innocence and love.
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Replying to @DrJaninaRamirez @ISASaxonists and
Seriously?! Rather than own your shit you’re going full Marianne Williamson?! (Who ironically would totally have owned her shit if this was actually her)
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Replying to @AlixAltair @ISASaxonists and
Feel free to pile on. I respect
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Replying to @DrJaninaRamirez @AlixAltair and
I'm a woman, one of the only Black women in the field. As a medievalist I'm asking for everyone in our field to do better and if that means calling a racist a racist, explicitly, that's what we need to do. We can't shift the field or our world without speaking these truths.
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Replying to @ISASaxonists @DrJaninaRamirez and
I’m really sorry this is happening.
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I think you should apologize and own up to your responses to Dr MRO here, instead of talking about innocence and love or whatever. Allyship isn't about love.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @AlixAltair and
What is an ally then? I genuinely don’t know and am happy to hold my hands up. Please. I am trying to help.
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Replying to @DrJaninaRamirez @AlixAltair and
There are so many resources out there about what allyship is, and what it means to be an ally. But like, number one is that allyship isn't something white people get to declare for themselves. Best way I heard it was that it is a verb, not a noun.
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