Why should this matter? Elihu Yale was actively involved in the slave trade and Yale isn’t changing its name.
Campus Reform reports:
University may change its name after assessing namesake’s legacy as a slaveownerWilliam Peace University may change its name after a task force announced that “William Peace” is “not consistent with [the] current values as an institution.”The university’s namesake, William Peace, owned 55 slaves, according to the school. Additionally, the university was in part constructed by slave labor.”Given these facts and believing the presence of the William Peace statue could create a divisive environment on campus, and keeping with our current values, The Board of Trustees voted in support of removing the statue of Mr. William Peace from campus,” the announcement reads.Jennifer Suarez, the university’s director of integrated marketing, told Campus Reform in a statement that the school’s task force and planned listening sessions serve as “input to decide how we can reckon with and respond to our history in a way that makes us a better institution.”
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