An argument has erupted between two Cambridge College professors over whether or not it was racist to make use of "eloquent" to explain a Black presenter.
David Abulafia, an Italian bestselling creator and historian, wrote concerning the protesters acquitted of property injury after they toppled the statue of a famous slave dealer and philanthropist Edward Colston in Bristol in 2020. Alubafia’s article, revealed within the Telegraph, talked about "the eloquent David Olusoga," who testified on Colston’s profession.
Protesters throw a statue of slave dealer Edward Colston into Bristol harbour, throughout a Black Lives Matter protest rally, in Bristol, England, Sunday June 7, 2020, in response to the current killing of George Floyd by law enforcement officials in Minneapolis, USA, that has led to protests in lots of nations and throughout the US.
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The op-ed drew a robust response from Priyamvada Gopal, an Indian professor of postcolonial research at Churchill Faculty, who criticized Abulafia for writing a "weak" article that "few undergrads produce."
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"Calling writers/scholars/intellectuals of color‘ eloquent’ or ‘articulate’ – e.g Abulafia on Olusoga – can quite often be a little sleight of hand dismissal," Gopal tweeted. "'Yeah yeah yeah, you talk a good game, people are gonna like it, but you're just whipping up passions, no substance'."
Priyamvada Gopal
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Abulafia countered the accusation throughout an interview with pupil newspaper Varsity, saying that Gopal’s tweets had been "insulting or potentially libelous."
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"I have never heard the word eloquent being linked to racism," Abulafia stated.
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"David Olusoga has a marvellous ability to communicate, I admire that enormously," he added. "On the other hand he’s further along the spectrum when it comes to his acceptance of critical race theory, much further along the spectrum towards Professor Gopal obviously than I am, so I disagree with him."
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"I think the word eloquent is the perfect word to use."
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"I do worry about the deep divisions that seem to have opened up in history between those who espouse activist views and those who don’t with an enormous number in the middle who feel intimidated," Abulafia stated.
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