#MedievalTwitter #RaceB4Race #ShakeRace so white medieval historians recapitulating the arguments of eugenic racists from the 19th c. Or Tolkien that the only ppl who should study the early medieval past are white “A-S” types who have a “connection”. Racist & xenophobic.https://twitter.com/seefryar/status/1203222961278406656 …
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#MedievalTwitter#ShakeRace#RaceB4Race that means the rest of history, archaeology, and all of anthropology should be staffed by BIPOC global scholars right. Oh wait, but you have barely any BIPOC scholars on staff. White English faculty teach the history outside of the UK 3/Show this thread -
#MedievalTwitter#ShakeRace#RaceB4Race oh wait. That’s right, as colonizers and upholders of white auto empire you think it’s fine white historians to teach the rest of the world’s history b/c colonialism & hegemony but decide only those with long genealogical connection to 4/Show this thread -
The UK are the ones who are the “best” ppl to “understand” the medieval past. You are basically recapitulating the arguments Tolkien made to shut Stuart Hall our if medieval studies. So look how clearly you display your racist and colonial attitudes.
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Honestly it even means that a lot of white UK historians shouldn’t be working on England. Surely lots of them have this “connection” instead to Scotland/Ireland/Wales.
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