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Yale Univeristy Apologizes for Past Ties to Colonialism and Slave Trade

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Yale University has issued a formal apology for the links its early leaders and benefactors had with slavery. Elihu Yale, the founder of the Ivy Leaugue university, is still under scrutiny. 

He was a colonialist who plundered India and traded slaves. In the university's apology, they said it would "work to enhance diversity, support equity and promote an environment of welcome, inclusion, and respect."

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