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Writer/Prof/Other. He/they. Occult Special Investigator & Parallel Parks Series. Fantasy, queer medievalism, 18thc shenanigans, YA lit, neurodiversity.

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    Jes Battis‏ @jesbattis 28 Sep 2019

    Attacks on POC in medieval studies are escalating. We're facing a reality--long known by these scholars--that the field isn't just unwelcoming to POC. It's racist at its core. The medieval world had complex relations with race but the field itself is visibly white-supremacist.

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      2. Jes Battis‏ @jesbattis 28 Sep 2019

        Since the field is so white--and designed to be so white--it's up to white scholars to address this in various ways. Slide into social media threads & deflect attacks. Alert your students to what's happening. Challenge labels like "Anglo-Saxon." Have tough conversations.

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      3. Jes Battis‏ @jesbattis 28 Sep 2019

        Folks can do this in ways that reflect abilities. Some will be exhausted by social media, but can stage conversations in the classroom. Some may feel unable to do this publicly (due to various pressures) but can engage w/it online. Some can influence admin. Do what you can.

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      4. Jes Battis‏ @jesbattis 28 Sep 2019

        In diversifying syllabi, we can amplify excellent scholarship by POC who are drawing attention to this systemic racism. We can direct students to the attack video & other sources & have them analyze it. We can incorporate discussions of race in our medieval research.

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      5. Jes Battis‏ @jesbattis 28 Sep 2019

        The excuse is, "well, I just study [X medieval thing] & race isn't my area." Here's the thing. Saying "race isn't my area" is the epitome of privilege. It's our issue. White scholars have to continually engage with the racism that actually drives so many literary periods.

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      6. Jes Battis‏ @jesbattis 28 Sep 2019

        Sometimes you're exhausted during a 3 hour class on Beowulf & you just want to talk about the shiny Sutton Hoo helmet & not about racism bc you need to "keep them on track." But the track intersects w/racism & if you don't talk about it, those assumptions will crystallize.

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      7. Jes Battis‏ @jesbattis 28 Sep 2019

        You may miss opportunities to talk about it--that's fine. You don't have to have a single anti-racist unit. Just keep coming back to it whenever you can. Dissect terms like "Anglo-Saxon" and "Anglo-Norman" and "Conquest." Use video games & comics & fantasy art as links.

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      8. Jes Battis‏ @jesbattis 28 Sep 2019

        Keep in mind: students may have a better vocabulary for talking about race than their middle-aged white profs (*understatement*). They might not know how to talk about Old English. But they can talk about race, and you can help them make those connections across periods.

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      9. Jes Battis‏ @jesbattis 28 Sep 2019

        LGBTQ2+ medievalists can also use the ISXX example to talk about systemic links between racism, sexism, homophobia& transphobia. As a queer person I did not feel welcome in medieval studies until I discovered great work by queer & trans medievalists. This can be an entry.

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      10. Jes Battis‏ @jesbattis 28 Sep 2019

        I've started by replacing "Anglo-Saxon" w/"Early Medieval" & gently but firmly insisting upon it. Students grew up hearing "Anglo-Saxon" & often see it as neutral or assume it refers to "Saxon tribes." I try to gently reiterate that "Englisc"--no less fraught--was more common.

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      11. Jes Battis‏ @jesbattis 28 Sep 2019

        We try to talk about how so many of these terms fail to hold medieval diversity. And how terms like "Canadian" and "English" are equally fraught. Many students will hold on to "Saxon" as habit, but we can get them to see how all nationalist terms are inherently racist.

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      12. Jes Battis‏ @jesbattis 28 Sep 2019

        Many of us might only teach medieval lit in a survey. But there are still opportunities to present/challenge "myths about the middle ages." We can focus on medieval lit where racism becomes visible, or where race seems oddly absent, and talk about that. Have the talk early.

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      13. Jes Battis‏ @jesbattis 28 Sep 2019

        Many medievalists have little/no opportunity to teach OE lit bc depts don't see it as necessary, which is another problem. When we can't teach the period, it becomes ossified in its essential racism. We also have to pressure admin to include diverse medieval offerings.

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      14. Jes Battis‏ @jesbattis 28 Sep 2019

        Our colleagues often have very little experience w/this period. They might see it as too specialized or antiquated & out of touch. So it's our job to show them medieval studies *is* plugged into conversations about racism & that we need their help to talk about this as well.

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