Harvard’s stated values excluded the descendant whose ancestor it photographed

Evidence

I found the quote so hypocritical. If they felt this way, then why, as the premier academic institution in the world, were they not interested in Congo Renty’s true story? It was confounding! Yet I saw the power the students at Harvard had to get the administration to listen, so I decided to reach out to the Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper, to share my story, as I felt it directly related to the law school controversy. — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 558

Categorization

  • XREF: Directly relevant to the stated reading purpose — how institutional mechanisms of holding stolen things work through controlling narrative access.