EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY HAD ‘OUTSIZED’ ROLE IN CREATING RACIST SCIENTIFIC THEORIES, INQUIRY FINDS
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✍️ The University of Edinburgh has been found to have played a significant role in the creation of racist scientific theories and profited from transatlantic slavery, according to a landmark inquiry.
👉 The university raised at least £30m from former students and donors with links to enslavement, colonialism, and exploitative wealth-gathering. 👉 The university had sought donations from graduates linked to transatlantic slavery to build two of its most famous buildings. 👉 The report's authors urge the university to redirect the money from those bequests to hiring academics from Black and minority backgrounds and on research and teaching about racism and colonialism.
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