As the images from last month's white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Virginia, emerged, medieval scholar and journalist David M. Perry recognized the symbols many of them were using. Now, he and others in the field are fighting back.

rainnecassidy:

sofitheviking:

sca-nerd:

rosslynpaladin:

gingahsnap:

boleynbitch:

violent-darts:

vaspider:

eshusplayground:

White supremacists: We need to use symbolism from a time when Europe was pure and white!

Medieval historians: *slowly, threateningly take off glasses* Hold my book.

The fact that I had medievalists and classicists specifically requesting “against white supremacy” patches, and that’s one of my best-selling items second only to the pride animals, pretty much fucking sums that all up. 

My people. *wipes away tear*

@gingahsnap

Always cite your sources and TAKE NO SHIT.

Yoooooo SCA peeps

I don’t punch white supremacists.

I shoot them in the throat with an arrow as I enumerate the countless ways that PoC inhabited medieval Europe and people don’t know it because some douchenozzles decided to erase them.

Here. Have some articles with sources and resources for you to get started.

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/13/250184740/taking-a-magnifying-glass-to-the-brown-faces-in-medieval-art

https://bookriot.com/2017/02/06/people-of-color-in-the-middle-ages-a-primer-to-support-diversity-in-fantasy/

http://afroeurope.blogspot.com/2010/08/history-of-black-people-in-europe.html

https://www.publicmedievalist.com/uncovering-african/

Huzzah! 

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