This project is plowing forward. I gave the collaborators the opportunity to answer some Q's & be accountable for what they were doing/saying & instead they offered me a 250 word blurb on how to dismantle white supremacist structures in academia. 34/
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Let me know if that’s possible cause I certainly don’t. After asking them to be accountable they have refused to answer me. Long story short, we cannot break through. Wyte scholars will ignore your existence until you have something that they can benefit from & then they 35/
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will use you, your body, your time, energy & let you exhaust yourself & then swoop in. They'll erase you & your work & you. 36/
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Racism is all around us in academia. It doesn’t just manifest in hate. It is perpetuated by those “good liberals.” It is in privilege. It is in access. It is in ignorance. 37/
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One of the most important questions that was ignored was “what are you doing in this moment.” In this moment means watching our Black brothers & sisters die for the world to witness at the hands of cops & other wyte supremacists. 38/
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Watching story after story of Black & other non-Black POC scholars be abused, humiliated & dehumanized. We are exhausted. This is on top of the pandemic. There are uprisings & protests & we still have academic responsibilities & families, some of which are dying. 39/
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This is constant & scholars like the two collaborators have no idea what’s going on but will somehow save the field. I was infantilized in that conversation – treated like a child whose issued could be ignored if I was given a cookie. My issues were ignored, the collaborator 40/
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gas lit me & instead of coming clean, tried to get me to do more labor (& take on a ridiculously complex assignment but gave minimal space). I asked what they were doing in this moment & why they were holding webinars during the strike next week. Q's were not responded to. 41/
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The field of Old English studies, medieval studies is unsalvageable. For anyone listening, this is your moment to pivot, change course, get out. P. S. I guarantee you that these scholars “not on social media” will be here shortly. 42/
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Axel Folio, PhD, BFF of Mr. Bloodaxe Retweeted ProfB
Please support the strike organized by
@AntheaButler with the help of@TheTattooedProf https://twitter.com/AntheaButler/status/1298792595750096896?s=20 … /endAxel Folio, PhD, BFF of Mr. Bloodaxe added,
ProfBVerified account @AntheaButlerWe are calling for a Scholar strike#Scholarstrike on September 8-9 2020 to protest ongoing police violence and murders in America. See our statement below. If you are in higher-ed professor administrator adjunct or grad student, join us by signing up here https://ggle.io/3MVE pic.twitter.com/eCeiMImDWqShow this thread5 replies 27 retweets 93 likesShow this thread
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Saluti, the unroll you asked for:
@ISASaxonists: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1300825687369166848.html … Have a good day.
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