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Private and religious groups are starting to pay reparations for slavery—but it's nowhere near enough.

Private and religious groups are starting to pay reparations for slavery—but it's nowhere near enough.
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Jesuits to raise $100 million for descendants of slaves

Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. | Reuters/Joshua Roberts
The Society of Jesus, an influential Catholic Church order commonly known as the Jesuits, are planning to raise $100 million to give to descendants of slaves once owned by their members.
The money will go to a foundation created by descendants of slaves sold in 1838 by the Jesuits to help fund Georgetown University when it was in financial trouble, The New York Times reported.
“This is an opportunity for Jesuits to begin a very serious process of truth and reconciliation,” said the Rev. Timothy Kesicki, president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, as quoted by the NY Times. ....

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The Jesuits partner with descendants of slaves they owned and sold to raise $100 million for racial justice

Mulledy Hall, also known as Freedom Hall, center, is seen on the campus of Georgetown University April 4, 2017. In 2019, the building was renamed after Isaac Hawkins, the first enslaved person listed in the Jesuit university s documents on its selling of slaves. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
The Society of Jesus is partnering with the descendants of people once enslaved by the religious order to reconcile and heal the deep racial wounds of America. The GU272 Descendants Association, which takes its name from the 272 enslaved people sold by Georgetown University, and the Jesuits are forming the Descendants Truth and Reconciliation Foundation, a partnership that seeks to accelerate racial healing and advance racial justice in the United States. ....

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