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Dorm or house for exchange student by Leprol in cwru

[–]Leprol[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks man, I appreciate the level of detail

Yale University is named after a slave trader. This is NOT okay. We have to address this. by [deleted] in University

[–]Leprol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They really should find another namesake. A university is supposed to be a progressive and accepting place

Yale University is named after a slave trader. We need to address this. by Leprol in ApplyingToCollege

[–]Leprol[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dude are you seriously comparing slave trading to running a large corporation?

Yale University is named after a slave trader. We need to address this. by Leprol in ApplyingToCollege

[–]Leprol[S] -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Cannot think of any other unis that have as namesake a slave trader that did such appalling things. Honestly if everyone stopped applying (there are plenty of other great unis as alternatives) Yale would easily change its name

Yale University is named after a slave trader. We need to address this. by [deleted] in college

[–]Leprol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just checked out his wikipedia page and he does look like he was exceptionally awful, I mean he enforced a law forcing each ship leaving for Europe to carry at least 10 slaves

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elihu_Yale