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What percentage of slave ancestry qualifies?
Washington (AFP) - Georgetown University on Thursday announced measures to atone for profiting from the sale of nearly 300 slaves in the 19th century, giving an edge in admissions to their descendants.
University President John DeGioia promised an official apology that would come in the form of a "mass of reconciliation in which we will seek forgiveness for our participation in the ins ution of slavery."
Georgetown is also renaming school buildings to honor those enslaved, creating a new ins ute for the study of slavery and building a memorial honoring slaves whose work benefited the university.
Georgetown, a Jesuit school founded in 1789, is one of the oldest universities in the United States.
In 1838, the sale of 272 slaves who worked on Jesuit plantations in nearby Maryland helped finance the university's operations. The sale was worth about $3.3 million in today's dollars, and the slaves were sent off to Louisiana.
The school used about $500,000 in today's dollars of the proceeds to pay off the school's growing debt.
Nearly two centuries after Georgetown's slave sale, America is still grappling with the legacy of slavery, which was formally abolished in 1865.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-univer...142944123.html
Good. Seems like the decent thing to do.
What percentage of slave ancestry qualifies?
Ain't all colored folk slave descendants??
Dumb thread tbqh
Sheeeut! I'm going to college!
So out of the 3500 or so undergraduates, they're going to preferentially admit some African Americans that already have the grades and/or money to get into Georgetown. What a giant step for African Americans everywhere.
Not to mention that for some that don't have the money, they'll take on a few hundred-thousand dollars of debt. Just to be able to graduate and not get a job that was already given to some white kid from a state university.
Meanwhile that same African American could have probably gotten a full ride at a less prestigious college.
how the could you prove that?
This has to be from The Onion
you racist son of a .
Sheeeut! I'm going to college!
That's racist as .
Sheeeut! I'm going to college!
yep
"Damn, we're so sorry about selling some of your possible ancestors. Here's an extra die to roll for the grand prize of 120k in debt. We hope you win!"
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