Diversity statement: https://www.huntington.org/diversity-equity-inclusion … #RaceB4Race #ShakeRace #LitPOC 2/
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Even the title, "Landscapes of Exploitation in the Atlantic World," elides the issue of the subjects of exploitation, Black African people held in bondage and Indigenous peoples on whose land these "landscapes" are being constructed. 3/3
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They issued a statement in June 8 to signal their solidarity with
#BlackLivesMatter
and support for Black people. Why does that not extend to material institutional support of Black scholars’ work?pic.twitter.com/xh5l6zxJ8O
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I mean, so much of their collection is based upon exploitation in one form or another so I’m not so surprised. Used to live 15 minutes from there. It makes my heart hurt that they own almost all of Octavia Butler’s notes and writings.
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I know. I’ve had the chance to take my students to see that collection, pre-Covid and that was awesome but this is the wrong place for her work. It is exclusive in all senses of the word and incommensurate with the values of her fiction.
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The Huntington takes this very seriously. We are therefore cancelling the conference in order to acknowledge the racial exclusiveness built into the structure of the program.
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I object. The conference you intended is the very foundation upon which people can have their say on the new approach going forward.
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We have been examining every part of our Research program and making changes but clearly not rapidly enough. The Huntington apologizes and reaffirms its commitment to address systemic problems of white privilege and will further accelerate that process.
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This is a necessary and important first step.
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