Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’
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When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired
  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    18 days ago

    Did whomever started this project not understand that Harvard was founded in 1636, and the average birth rate was greater than 5 until the 20th century, so they were looking at many thousands of descendants at a bare minimum?

    Perhaps they should have gone to Stanford?