University of Chicago Faces Calls for Reparations Over Ties to Slavery; School Says Charges Are Misplaced – WTTW (Chicago)

A spokesperson for the school said “the University of Chicago that exists today was founded in 1890. The earlier university was founded by (former Illinois Senator Stephen A.) Douglas in 1856 and financially collapsed in 1886, with no endowment and its land and buildings foreclosed by creditors.”
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Pat S.
3 years ago

Karma’s a bitch.

The Paraclete
3 years ago

Excuse me while I chuckle!

Mary Juana
3 years ago

Better make room for those 2% of high school black seniors that can read at a 2nd grade level.

Lion's Choice
3 years ago

More fake history from CRT fraudsters

debtsor
3 years ago

“Everything in the United States is rooted in the history of slavery,”

Is the explanation why a university founded in 1890 owes reparations.
This is reason 1001 why reparations are a grift.

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