Published in Jun 2017

A Case for Reparations at the Universities

The University of Chicago, the famous center of laissez-fair capitalist economics on the city’s South Side, was endowed by one of Mississippi’s worst slaveholders. Reparations are in order, but the process must be “a function of what black communities demand as payment to forgive an unforgivable debt.” The thief does not have the right to choose the method of restitution.

"Many elite colleges and universities have deep roots in American slavery."

"Georgetown has decided that there is not a statute of limitations on slavery, and that to reckon with the past they had to engage historically."

"Reparations that flow back to the university itself either in the form of goodwill or an improved campus experience are not reparations."

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By Ashley Finigan, Caine Jordan, Guy Emerson Mount, Kai Parker