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How to handle educational opportunities with problematic origins

I just found out my college scholarship was funded by a family that made their money in slave trading and I don't know if I should give it back.

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What we've seen

Benefiting from historical exploitation creates moral complexity even when the benefit enables positive outcomes.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Reparations — the philosophical and economic case?”

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