And they tend to be white, as well. If talented students of color do not see early America as "their" subject, they are not as likely to land in graduate school to specialize in that area. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries seem more attractive.
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I would love to see more black students focus on the 18th Century and before, but I understand why that might be a problem.
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Thanks for the heads up! Scholars of color keep hearing the many ways students are discouraged from early fields.
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Specifically around questions of race: “There’s already a lot of work in this Or, “There’s really nothing to work on during this time frame.” Related: “This thing you think might be about race is absolutely not about race.”
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Suggestions that it’s politically retrograde /“not black” if you want to work on European texts. Then a host of microaggressions (racism) that tell you that you don’t belong.
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Yes, I see.
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There are the micro aggressions and then there are the outright shut outs including sabotage, attacks, literally having white scholars call in to make sure non-white medievalist do not get jobs, fellowships, stuff published, etc. So, all the things.
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