I agree that the BoD is terribly lacking in common sense.
I also agree that this won't particularly solve the problem of racists.
I do, however, think that it is a generally positive change. The SCA has significantly increased the level of documentation necessary to be considered "good". Where that research exists for other places and earlier times, it will be brought forward and used. Everything was always fuzzy at the edges, anyway -- Europe was never out of contact with Asia and Africa, it made contact with the Americas during period. Extending period backwards to the beginning of documentation is just fine with me.
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Date: 2018-08-31 03:25 pm (UTC)I agree that the BoD is terribly lacking in common sense.
I also agree that this won't particularly solve the problem of racists.
I do, however, think that it is a generally positive change. The SCA has significantly increased the level of documentation necessary to be considered "good". Where that research exists for other places and earlier times, it will be brought forward and used. Everything was always fuzzy at the edges, anyway -- Europe was never out of contact with Asia and Africa, it made contact with the Americas during period. Extending period backwards to the beginning of documentation is just fine with me.