Upcoming, panel “Building Inclusivity and Diversity: Challenges, Solutions, and Responses in Medieval Studies,” #maa2018
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And I see from my fellow live tweeters that it should be Fauset.
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Afrodesia McCannon: was warned by advisor she would be only African-American medievalist in the world. Is she doing her people a disservice by studying white men? Because she saw a puzzle there and her mind would not rest. Certain puzzles are easier for some people to figure out
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McCannon: if the work of MOC is like that of feminists, it will become woven into the larger tapestry of Mdvl Std
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@wanchuankao: living in US south, with its concern with heritage, leads to study of how medieval past gets used eg by KKK. His position as “Chinaman” in the South. Teaching and interpellation: it’s not white fragility but white precarious.Show this thread -
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@wanchuankao: lots of ways of being toxic, race is one of them. Toxicity interpellates lead paint on toys as Chinese. Similarly white toxicity interpellates all bodies in classroom: racialized, sexualized, queered.Show this thread
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