No offense to journalists & others who occasionally write #history. We appreciate you and we thank you. We hope you will continue to do it. But I think it's important to note that many of us are professional historians. We have devoted our lives to studying & teaching history.
Many of us teach history courses at the college level. We have PhDs in history (so yes--we definitely devoted our lives to this). And many of us write history books based on original archival research (we essentially write the books journalists end up citing...or refuse to cite).
When I say that Black women historians should be consulted in this historic moment, I am thinking about those women. The ones who are doing remarkable work of historical recovery; teaching on campuses where so many of our colleagues/students dismiss us; writing history books etc.
And I am not talking about myself. I am a Black woman historian and I am proud of that. But I am *not* interested in seeing myself everywhere. I am far more interested in seeing other Black women historians shine and I'm annoyed that even now, they're being overlooked...yet again
It's not that hard to find us. It's ridiculous to be featuring panels of the **same** white scholars over & over again--and now asking them to talk about Kamala Harris' VP nomination. That's a moment when you could have tried to include Black women historians! Just saying.
Obviously, there are Black women in other fields of study (i.e. political science) who should get some shine too. But this thread is about Black women historians. Sending light and love to all of them today. Here's to hoping media folks reach out soon--if only out of guilt!😩
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