Whitey Ford
04-12-2019, 10:34 AM
We wuz slaves.
Georgetown students just voted to pay reparations to descendants of slaves (https://www.fastcompany.com/90334151/georgetown-students-just-voted-to-pay-reparations-to-descendants-of-slaves?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds)
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Georgetown’s students have passed a measure by referendum that says the prestigious university must pay reparations to the descendants of the slaves that made the school possible in the first place. In 1838, the Maryland Society of Jesuits, which oversaw Georgetown University, sold off 272 slaves in order to raise about half a million dollars in today’s money to pay off the school’s debt and sustain it financially, thus keeping it open.
Last night, Georgetown’s student voted in favor of a $27.20 fee that every Georgetown student will pay every semester to fund reparations for the descendants of those slaves. The referendum and fee were pushed for by a student group known as the GU272 Advocacy Team. Those students say the $27.20 fee would generate over $400,000 a year and would “be allocated for charitable purposes directly benefiting the descendants of the GU272 and other persons once enslaved by the Maryland Jesuits.” You can see the full bill here.
Georgetown students just voted to pay reparations to descendants of slaves (https://www.fastcompany.com/90334151/georgetown-students-just-voted-to-pay-reparations-to-descendants-of-slaves?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds)
https://i.imgur.com/r23RI2V.gif
Georgetown’s students have passed a measure by referendum that says the prestigious university must pay reparations to the descendants of the slaves that made the school possible in the first place. In 1838, the Maryland Society of Jesuits, which oversaw Georgetown University, sold off 272 slaves in order to raise about half a million dollars in today’s money to pay off the school’s debt and sustain it financially, thus keeping it open.
Last night, Georgetown’s student voted in favor of a $27.20 fee that every Georgetown student will pay every semester to fund reparations for the descendants of those slaves. The referendum and fee were pushed for by a student group known as the GU272 Advocacy Team. Those students say the $27.20 fee would generate over $400,000 a year and would “be allocated for charitable purposes directly benefiting the descendants of the GU272 and other persons once enslaved by the Maryland Jesuits.” You can see the full bill here.