Answer: this isn't something new or something that scholars of color have just started talking about. Lots of scholars of color have been discussing this abt the field. @erik_kaars says we need to call out all whiteness -- and not leave it to scholars of color.
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He says white people need to both step up and speak up and also step aside when scholars of color are better suited. Scholars of color aren't just working on race. Push for their voices to be heard.
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Ruth Karras says this was deliberate to have a white man. She wanted fellow white people to learn from a white person about race 101. They are lucky to have had
@erik_kaars but I don't agree with this move to silence BIPOC voices b/c you want your room to be comfortable.2 replies 3 retweets 22 likesShow this thread -
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I think it was not to do with making the room comfortable, but to do with not expecting scholars of colour to be the ones always doing the labour of 'race 101' for white colleagues.
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Which is an admirable goal under certain circumstances, but this wasn't a workshop on white privilege or fragility (where POC scholars are too often asked to do emotional labor for white ppl), but a scholarly talk on research to scholars who didn't know the topic well.
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@ISASaxonists' point here. This is the sort of talk that is important for scholars' careers and the feedback can be extremely helpful to their work. Deliberately not inviting POC, even with good intentions, means shutting them out from those benefits.2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes -
I debated whether to accept, tbh, and agreed because I was told that the Seminar had invited scholars of color to speak already on other topics and was going to invite more in the future. I still am not sure if it was appropriate for me to agree, in all honesty.
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I really loved your talk and was very glad to hear it. I had also expected prior to it that it would be closer to a 'race 101' type workshop, but I think I simply misunderstood things there.
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I also want to point out here that we really have not invited that many POC to speak. I enjoyed Erik’s talk as well, but I honestly think that it was a misstep to invite a white man to discuss this.
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Do you know who is responsible for next year's seminar? If they're not on twitter, it would be good for us to get in touch and make the point, wouldn't it?
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I am not, unfortunately. But yes, it should be emphasized.
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Perhaps it hasn't been decided yet. I'll find out.
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To your point about this being a race 101 talk this would be understandable if it was a race 101 talk but this was a talk about research. How are BIPOC scholars going to get their research out there if they are silenced in this way? This leads me to believe that this dept doesnt
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