tl;dr: Pointing out that white supremacists have their historical facts wrong (or their Latin or Greek wrong) isn’t…

tl;dr: Pointing out that white supremacists have their historical facts wrong (or their Latin or Greek wrong) isn’t enough; it’s necessary to challenge their ideology directly, including by the way you comport yourself within your field – despite the risks this carries.

Originally shared by Deborah Teramis Christian

This may be of interest to classisists, medievalists, and scholars dealing with white supremacy appropriation of bits and bobs from those fields. Apparently this is a current flap in the Classical community, of which I am just now becoming aware, but the author makes some interesting points about addressing supremacist ideology in academic fields.

Laura Gibbs – thought this might be up your alley, too.

https://eidolon.pub/learn-some-f-cking-history-94f9a02041d3

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