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Post by hchoops on Sept 13, 2020 11:01:24 GMT -5
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Post by matunuck on Sept 13, 2020 12:37:15 GMT -5
Actually read that book many years back.
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 13, 2020 13:05:24 GMT -5
Fascinating. HC and Georgetown have blood on their hands historically. However, I don't hold anyone in leadership today responsible for the actions of people 150 years ago. Today's leaders should be judged by how they handle today's challenges such as Covid-19 and today's race issues.
But, I do support re-naming of buildings, with perhaps a placque explaining the history because it recognizes today's values and also creates a new fundraising opportunity since named buildings on College campuses are among the highest possible tributes to a benefactor.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Sept 13, 2020 22:23:28 GMT -5
These stories rely on some fast and loose research that placed responsibility on Georgetown University (a college which had no slaves of its own) versus Mulledy's role as the Jesuit provincial, acting upon orders from Rome.
As provincial, Mulledy was de facto rector of all Jesuit churches and schools in the province, not just Georgetown; yet no one calls out Georgetown Prep, Gonzaga College HS, or for that matter, any other Jesuit church in operation in the Eastern United States for his actions. That Georgetown was so quick to assume culpability for something done by the order further clouds this story.
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 14, 2020 0:22:28 GMT -5
"And now you know the rest of the story" -Paul Harvey
Georgetown must be the only entity in Washington DC not trying to evade responsibility and deflect blame.
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Post by hc6774 on Sept 14, 2020 11:19:43 GMT -5
Didn't Fr K make a report about some of this a few years ago.
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 14, 2020 13:06:35 GMT -5
Yes...in some detail
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Post by Chu Chu on Sept 15, 2020 12:10:59 GMT -5
These stories rely on some fast and loose research that placed responsibility on Georgetown University (a college which had no slaves of its own) versus Mulledy's role as the Jesuit provincial, acting upon orders from Rome. As provincial, Mulledy was de facto rector of all Jesuit churches and schools in the province, not just Georgetown; yet no one calls out Georgetown Prep, Gonzaga College HS, or for that matter, any other Jesuit church in operation in the Eastern United States for his actions. That Georgetown was so quick to assume culpability for something done by the order further clouds this story. And as you undoubtably know, Mulledy next became President of Holy Cross! It is a tangled web. |
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Post by Chu Chu on Sept 15, 2020 12:31:12 GMT -5
Wow. Is that ever an enlightening article. So many things that I did not know, the main one being that the Healy brothers did not embrace the abolitionist cause, and joked about race as they hid their ethnicity. Wow. We now have celebrated them as our nation's first black college president and bishop, but these are designations that they would not have embraced. Also, I had no idea about this: "Healy did not transact a slave sale for the express purpose of benefiting Holy Cross. Nonetheless, it was Healy’s inheritance, amassed from forced labor, that saved Holy Cross from demise, just as Mulledy’s sale brought Georgetown back from the brink." In my experience, these things have not been a part of the discussion on campus about the Healys. I always wondered why we did not trumpet this legacy more, and now, perhaps, I understand. Anyway, a wonderful article and fascinating stuff! |
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