Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow is being criticized as 'tone deaf' for his Tuesday comparison between slavery and the school's fundraising efforts among alumni.
Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow is being criticized as"tone deaf" for his Tuesday comparison between slavery and the school's fundraising efforts among alumni.
Speaking at an alumni affairs and development staff meeting in Sanders Theatre Tuesday, Bacow was addressing a donation imbalance among specific schools under the university's umbrella. He noted that individual schools with big donors such as Harvard Business School can no longer"own" their wealthy alumni to donate solely to them, theBacow later apologized in an email to staff Saturday morning, in which he acknowledged the comments could be construed as offensive.
Harvard's alumni affairs and development office manages fundraising and alumni engagement events for the university's twelve different schools. "As if Harvard doesn't have enough probs w/ influence peddling & monied interests from Jeffrey Epstein to legacy & donor admissions prefs to refusing to divest in fossil fuels and prisons, now Pres. Bacow compares alumni giving to freeing the enslaved,"Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow is being criticized as"tone deaf" for his Tuesday comparison between slavery and the school's fund-raising efforts among alumni.
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