Exactly what I unpack across the book. It’s embedded in racism, erroneous history and exclusionism. Weeding it out from common use through terminology is the aim. I’m putting all the research together to present it comprehensively.
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Okay that’s good to hear. Could you clarify what you meant by ‘divisive’ and ‘differences in how it’s used either side of the Atlantic’? Because to me, those phrases both create the impression that the use of Anglo-Saxon is a complex issue with no clear resolution
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It is down to how the terminology is embedded. Many scholars or people interested in history encounter the term 'Anglo-Saxon' in the context of documents, annals etc. and are unaware of how it has been misused. In some circumstances it's a case of ignorance & how to adjust usage.
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Replying to @DrJaninaRamirez @FlorenceHRS and
It’s in three different sources for the period and one isn’t even English, it’s continental. The term is historically inaccurate but became embedded because of the racist and white nationalist roots of the field.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @FlorenceHRS and
Exactly what I'm writing about in my book. It's entirely contrived but deeply embedded. I respect the work of everyone trying to root the term out and am trying to bring the historicity of the term to light through my talks, lecturing, writing and on different platforms.
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Replying to @DrJaninaRamirez @AdmiralHip and
Many scholars STILL use this term and are not racist. The term is completely different in a UK context and Dr J is right... terminology is deeply embedded in scholarship. This level of bullying by those accusing folk of racism has to stop.
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Replying to @Alison_Douglaz @DrJaninaRamirez and
This discussion is completely unrelated to whether any individual scholars are racist, it is about the inherent racism embedded in the term 'Anglo-Saxon'.
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Replying to @FlorenceHRS @DrJaninaRamirez and
But it is though. I have seen scholars be called racist for using the term.
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Replying to @Alison_Douglaz @DrJaninaRamirez and
Perhaps that's because they were being racist in their use of the term. Unless you give me specific examples I can't speak to that. But I want to be clear that nobody is accusing any and all people who use the term in any circumstances of being racists.
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Replying to @FlorenceHRS @Alison_Douglaz and
I for one used it until recently because I was unaware of its history and historical inaccuracy so it is present in my older papers and older work. No one is saying that the term can never be said again or using the term makes someone a racist.
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The problem comes from those who were made aware of the problems with the terminology and refused to have a dialogue with Dr MRO over it, resorting instead to attacking her, her abilities and work as a historian, and ad hom attacks that continue to this day.
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