Harvard publicly disparaged Lanier’s heritage claim without investigating it

Evidence

In fact, despite making no effort to meet with Ms. Lanier or conduct any investigation of her relation to Renty and Delia, Harvard demeaned Ms. Lanier in her own community by publicly casting doubt on the legitimacy of her claim. … “She’s given us nothing that directly connects her ancestor or the person in our photograph.” — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 1114

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Directly relevant to the reader’s core purpose — the institutional posture Harvard took before litigation, the kind of concrete wrong a property-based reparations claim documents.