All I did was sign a letter.
A letter that asked for clarification about academic freedom.
That’s all.
As a result of signing that letter I have been sacked as editor of an academic journal
I have been told, by white men who were in power over me, that this was a matter of my power.
They said that I was not safe.
They said I should be ashamed.
They did not read the letter I signed, or if they did, they misread it.
They have shouted, moralised, pontificated.
I think they should be ashamed.
Ashamed for misreading so egregiously
Ashamed for publicly condemning me.
Ashamed enough to apologise.
I don’t know enough to comment about the issue but I wanted to comment to let you know I was here, reading your poem about the situation.
Kevin
Thank you.
Sorry to hear about this.
Some people are surprisingly fragile. In the roles they inhabit–unsure they are
Like Humpty-Dumpty their balance is precarious and without wings their position always a worry and subject to sudden upset.
And of course, some of us white men have never accounted for any decisions we’ve ever made.
Scott
Thank you Scott – I don’t have a problem with most white men, just with this bunch.
Not sure what letter – what Journal – but this sounds appalling Sarah! Thinking of you! S