Just when they thought it was a good idea, it was equally wrong to think about it in the first place.
Georgetown University recently considered a proposal from the students where they will pay reparations for the slavery of the school way back 184 years ago.
Looking back to the history of the University confirms that the campus has sold 272 black slaves back in the year 1838 to pay off the Georgetown Jesuits’ debt and save the university from financial ruin.
So the school is taking advantage of the students to pay for its past mistakes? What a crook!
Georgetown University just joined the era of the woke generation of schools of higher learning allowing it to be overtaken by social justice where young Americans get the idea that a person’s color, sexual orientation, gender, et al. are supreme indicators of victimhood or oppression, in short, students are more onto buying into a narrow-minded, one-sided view of the world yet are never taught to question their musings. Sick!
The Washington Post reported:
Per a recent proposal, 66 percent of the school’s undergraduates voted to force all present and future enrollees to pay reparations to the descendants of these slaves in the form of a $27.20 fee added to their tuition each semester and the initiative would raise a whopping $400,000 the first year and increase with inflation each year after. The money would then be given to an estimated 200 descendants of said slaves.
There are quite a few issues with their social justice initiative that apparently never crossed their minds. In fact, the flaws in their logic are so porous, the very basis for their proposal quickly falls apart:
“Who exactly will pay the reparations? Will the descendants of slaves not sold by the university still be forced to pay? Will low-income, single-parent household, disabled, LGBTQ, Latino, Muslim, or other perceivedly oppressed students be forced to pay? Will the students who are graduating before this proposal can take effect be required to pay once they leave college, or will they get away with voting to force their younger peers to pay? Why will descendants who have lighter skin (possibly affording them white privilege), more wealth, both parents in the home, are cisgender, or enjoy other privileges receive the same amount as the less privileged descendants? Will students who have 2 slaves in their lineage receive double the reparations? What about students who have a slave and also a slave owner in their family history? Why are the students paying for the university’s past sin and allowing the university to further benefit from it?”
And more infinite factors have blown holes in the reparations argument:
“As students at an elite institution, we recognize the great privileges we have been given, and wish to at least partially repay our debts to those families whose involuntary sacrifices made these privileges possible,” the sponsors wrote in the referendum. “As individuals with moral imagination, we choose to do more than simply recognize the past — we resolve to change our future.”
And lastly, the University has spoken and it sounded that they are not missing the opportunity to have its students pay for their past mistakes.
“We value the engagement of our students and appreciate that they are making their voices heard and contributing to an important national conversation,” Todd Olson, vice president for student affairs at Georgetown, said in a written statement. “The Descendant Community, the Society of Jesus, and Georgetown are working together towards reconciliation and transformation regarding the legacy of slavery.”
University teaching is false.
Source: TapHaps