Two-thirds of undergraduate students voted in favor of creating a fund to help descendants of slaves who were sold in the 19th century to pay off the university’s debts.
Georgetown University voted on a fee benefiting the descendants of enslaved people who were sold to pay off the school's debts, an effort that would create one of the first reparations funds at a major U.S. institution.
“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.”
Student government leaders welcomed the referendum, saying it represented a meaningful step forward in atoning for the university’s legacy of slavery.
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