What I witnessed the past six months, even the past two years, was not only problematic but painful to me as an OG #PCRS #ShakeRace academic. It should not have been.
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To BIPOC PCRS students: Accomplices "ride and die"; allies will "shop" you in a hot minute (if I may borrow a word my cockney ex often used). How can you tell: look at their publications, esp the "old guard" who market themselves as race studies folk but
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fail to be "critical." Check the number of BIPOC students admitted to a program (area doesn't matter) and were retained and graduated with their academic interest intact. Reach out to these folk about their experiences, especially if they're PCRS.
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Check the institution's most recent hirings. Would I rec UC Santa Cruz for PCRS or ShakeRace? No, even with its CRES program (some amazing faculty by the way). PCRS and ShakeRace are disciplinary specific, not every pre/early modern or Shakespearean
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is interested in premodern critical race studies. The end result of my six months: there is a new BIPOC PhD working in PCRS yet the struggle to get there should not have been riddled with obstacles and what I can only call "Karenish" forms of racism.
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With the academy, and the humanities in particular, as it is, pursuit of a PhD (never easy) with a focus on critical race studies can be filled with white supremacist landmines. No BIPOC should be subjected to or encouraged to believe the fault is theirs.
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In the end, I'm proud of the BIPOC additions to
#PCRS#ShakeRace communities. We need to work to make the path a little less tortuous, less filled with pettiness, micro-aggressive hostility. White sensibilities work hard to inflict harm. Very hard.1 reply 4 retweets 19 likesShow this thread -
BIPOC and PCRS accomplices, we need to protect our own. In this particular case, I stepped in when asked. Can't do it every time. Problematic people are known to us, let's stop pretending they're allies and do no harm. I can testify to the harm. Enough.
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#ShakeRace and#PCRS ECRs who are BIPOC and need a safe space, a voice (not always listened to), and support, my DMs are open. To the pre/early modern academic community, you need to do better. Fini1 reply 3 retweets 26 likesShow this thread -
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Yes. All this. Also inviting PCRS scholars to give talks will not do anything for your BIPOC grad students wanting to do PCRS. Band-Aid diversity BS.
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Also it is so shitty when the grads have to do this do they can get some discussion and the dept. is not doing anything even to do this.
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