At Harvard, Descendants of American Slaves Are Outnumbered by Descendants of Slave-Sellers
From the Harvard Crimson in 2020:
BY JOSIE F. ABUGOV, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
OCTOBER 15, 2020
“Where are you really from?”
Kaya R. Bos ’20 used to answer “slave Black.” Jarah K. Cotton ’23 would say “regular Black.” But when Alexa J. J. Brown ’20 sent an email to hundreds of Harvard students, she started a process that gave them a more fitting response — and eventually culminated in the formation of the Harvard College Generational African American Students Association.
“Generational” is a big word in reparations talk. The idea is that as Baby Boomers die off, white kids inherit houses in nicer neighborhoods than black kids, which is all the fault of FDR’s redlining and has nothing, nothing to do with the behavior of the residents of the houses since 1938.
… O’Sullivan’s grandfather, Reverend Isaiah Webb, coined the term “Generational African American” or “GAA,” during one of many conversations with his granddaughter about the Black diaspora. The invention finally created a label for the community of Black folk who trace their lineage in the United States back for centuries.
… Still, the term GAA is Harvard-specific, unfamiliar to most of the Americans it describes.
But how much long run influence has Harvard ever had on the rest of America? For instance, the fact that Casablanca was shown round the clock during Harvard’s final exam week at the near-by Brattle movie theatre has nothing to do with Casablanca’s iconic status among all the good movies made during that era.
As I’ve been working on this article, recounting tidbits to my mom, she’ll sometimes clarify — “We’re called what again, Josie?”
My guess is that the reporter, who recently graduated from $41,300 per year Harvard-Westlake School in the Hollywood Hill
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