Some Georgetown students want to pay reparations to the descendants of the slaves who made the school possible

The university was one of the Jesuits' most ambitious projects. The revenue from the 1838 sale, which amounts to about $500,000 today, was used to sustain the school financially and pay off its debt. Now, some Georgetown students are trying to institute a reparations fund for the descendants of the slaves who were sold.A group known as the GU272 Advocacy Team has pushed through student government a bill that would create a new $27.20 fee every semester for all Georgetown undergraduates.

In addition, Georgetown has offered a formal apology to descendants and renamed two buildings in honor of descendants, Olson said."We value the engagement of our students and appreciate that they are making their voices heard and contributing to an important national conversation," Olson said. However, he noted that while student referendums help express student perspectives, they"do not create university policy and are not binding on the university.

Georgetown should be shut down as it was a racists institution

lmao

cnn won't be here tomorrow...

If the jesuits sold the slave families , why don’t you go to the jesuits ( Catholic Church) and have them make good Not burden families who were no part of , reparations, how about the America Indians They were really screwed !!

Bet if you went door-to-door in the dorm and asked them for the $27 they would so no. Not hard to vote to increase with parents money.

So they’ll give away $28 of mommy and daddy’s money. When they get older and don’t their money taken, they’ll change their minds

Lol what losers

At the expense BillCosby and these rulings now slave labor and profits derived from ADOS need to be addressed Georgetown CXSLtd Aetna lehmanbrothers assets AIGinsurance nscorp CocaColaCo TiffanyAndCo JNJGlobalHealth made money using or derived from slave labor

The white Americans 'wished' to have black slaves and the Chinese proverb says 'be carefully what you wish for' so now deal with it.

Well if this turns anyone off from going to Georgetown , you could look into SetonHall.

Nope too late

omg..... wow..

What about Georgetown Prep reparations for the Kavanaugh allegations?

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