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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess no one will want to go to Harvard now

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/us/harvard-slavery-legacy-fund/index.html[/quote]

I also thought of this thread when I saw that.  We'll see if Harvard undertakes a mass renaming of its buildings.

The report found that the institution of slavery was essential to Harvard’s growth as an academic institution, serving as a key source of the University’s wealth across three centuries. Harvard had “extensive financial ties” to slavery through key donors who built their wealth off of slavery, the report said — including some who are memorialized across the University today.

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The report identified dozens of major Harvard donors and leaders who enslaved people — including many who are today honored with buildings and plaques across campus. The list includes last names familiar to any Harvard student: Winthrop, Mather, Leverett, Dudley, Stoughton, Wigglesworth, Wadsworth, Brattle, Holyoke.

Two of Harvard’s undergraduate houses — Mather and Winthrop — are named after slave owners, while several other are named after relatives of enslavers. Wadsworth House and Wadsworth Gate are named after former University President Benjamin Wadsworth, Class of 1769, who enslaved at least two people. Wadsworth is one of at least five Harvard presidents who enslaved people.[/quote]

I mean this is not new information for Harvard or any of the "tippity top" schools like people like to say.  It's just that they're from the North and elitests like to conveniently forget what doesn't fit their narrative.[/quote]

I hate to agree with people on DCUM, but I think I actually do here.  If this exact scenario played out at Vanderbilt, or Duke, or Emory, people would be talking about what a backward place it is.[/quote]

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