Emory University’s Board of Trustees has adopted a formal statement acknowledging the campus’s involvement with slavery, saying it “regrets both this undeniable wrong and the university’s decades of delay in acknowledging slavery’s harmful legacy.” Emory’s founders were supporters of slavery who used slaves to help build the college in its early days. The university plans to hold a national scholarly conference on the legacy of slavery at American colleges in early February.
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8 Responses to Emory Officials Express Regret Over University’s Ties to Slavery
dwthreepersons - January 22, 2011 at 2:22 pm
It would be better if Emory wants to assuage their collective guilty conscience, to redouble their efforts in recruiting qualified students of color, who can’t afford to attend Emory because of it’s high tuition and other fees.
director19 - January 24, 2011 at 12:20 pm
Get over it!It was a long time ago. It”s time to move on.
11126724 - January 24, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Emory’s stock just went up substantially. Kudos to them for recognizing reality!
consejeradeadmision - January 25, 2011 at 4:56 pm
dwthreepersons – I encourage you to learn more about the Emory Advantage – http://www.emory.edu/FINANCIAL_AID/emory_advantage/
cb_10 - June 14, 2011 at 9:09 am
Talks, seminars, and demonstrations on a college campus were recorded? The horror.
shawnmehan - June 14, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Hmm, I’m not certain that the recordings were the horror, but rather what the institutional motivations were for conducting the recordings, through the investment of scarce resource, in the first place. Perhaps pure, perhaps compliance to government policy….
swancampaign - June 18, 2011 at 1:26 pm
I think it was selective monitoring that was the issue – they only recorded Arab/Muslim events. See http://www.academicfreedom.co.uk for more on the leaks
swancampaign - June 18, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Also the filming of students was by security dressed in civilian clothes – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMO0fpINjyI