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she/her—mom, teacher, historian/filmmaker, lumbee—picker, grinner, lover, sinner. Director @UNCsouth. love @girlsrocknc @ITVSindies Nobody’s tweets but mine.
Sep 8, 2020 6 tweets 3 min read
For #ScholarStrike, a short starter list to get you going on #decolonizing your syllabus for the US history classroom (please add!) #twitterstorians Think about what periodization really means. Are you upholding notions of American exceptionalism by making that whole unit about the American Revolution or the Civil War? Do linear concepts of time uphold European epistemologies that devalue non-European people & cultures?