Institutions can simultaneously claim redress and control the narrative about the wronged

Evidence

The welcome speech was the ultimate dismissal of me, and of Renty. Harvard had no interest in his story. They rejected it, and instead hired historians to create a narrative about him. I felt the transference of Renty’s trauma course through me like molten lead. He was being objectified all over again, treated like a slave at a conference that was supposed to be addressing and undoing harm. — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 619