Professor Gates, Harvard's Pride

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Elspode

The time has past for standing upon wrongs which cannot be undone, but which have been put as right as they can be at this point in time. Time to stop pointing fingers and to roll up the sleeves and get on with the hard work of getting on.

Not for The professor, he's one of the leading proponents of reparations.

Originally Posted by richlevy

I learned about John Brown, Sojourner Truth, and W. E. B. DuBois on my own dime.

John Brown? The John Brown, white abolitionist, I learned about in school?
They didn't have time to teach us about every person that did exceptionally good, or bad, things. Only the ones that had a major impact on the course of the nations history.
Like the Civil War, it would take a whole school year to cover it, so only major turning points, not every campaign, were covered.