Harvard’s scientific leadership persisted in racist doctrine through Agassiz’s protégé.

Evidence

After his death, Harvard chose Nathaniel Shaler, an Agassiz protégé, to lead the Lawrence Scientific School. … Under Harvard’s banner, Shaler inveighed against black people’s “animal nature,” “very low morality,” and “feeble nature” of their family ties. — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 1086

Categorization

• XREF: Directs attention to how Lanier argues the institution, not just one man, carried polygenist racism forward — key to her case that Harvard bears continuing responsibility.