This is an essay I wrote for my MA where I discussed race and epistemic violence in the English literary canon. Last March (2021), I delivered an online CPD session where I unpacked this a bit more, but have since had requests to see the essay. I have also added a postionality statement to show my thinking behind this work, making it open access after much deliberation! — My original essay was entitled ‘History is Written by the Victors: An Explorative Study of Epistemic Violence in the Context of Literary Canon’, somewhat me bending to the rules of the incredibly white heteronormative patriarchal codes of academia. The change in title matches that of the the session. Below you will find a glossary of terms for non-academic folks. Feel free to leave comments.