Professor Kim READ FIRST: Why Dorothy Kim Hates Me , The Color of the House of the Lord It’s back to class for those of us who teach in medieval studies, and my medievalist colleague Dorothy Kim , Assistant Professor of English at Vassar College ( pictured in 2014 ), wants to make sure you understand the stakes . The medieval western European Christian past is being weaponized by white supremacist/white nationalist/KKK/nazi extremist groups who also frequently happen to be college students. That does sound bad. But, wait, it gets worse! Don’t think western European medieval studies is exceptional.... ISIS/ISIL also weaponizes the idea of the pure medieval Islamic past in their recruiting rhetoric for young male Muslims. If the medieval past (globally) is being weaponized for the aims of extreme, violent supremacist groups, what are you doing, medievalists, in your classrooms? Because you are the authorities teaching medieval subjects in the classroom, you are, in fact, ide
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DeleteI'm curious if you are still pro-Mitt in light of his now infamous remarks on the 47%?
ReplyDeleteAh, well. The problem is that I very much do not want to vote for my neighbor anymore. I am disappointed in the way Mitt has been handling things during the campaign, but I no longer have any hope (faith, trust) in his opponent.
DeleteI can certainly see why one would be disillusioned with Obama. What I can't see is how Romney is better. It seems like a choice between "not great" and "worse still"--in which case, I'm inclined to choose "not great."
ReplyDeleteMe, too. We just disagree on which is "not great"! Actually, I think Ryan is probably better, but that is a longer conversation and I am still at the learning stage on much of this.
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