An evangelical Christian college in Illinois is the latest school to denounce its own history for alleged racial discrimination.
Commissioned by the Wheaton College Board of Trustees, the Historical Review Task Force (HRTF) released a 122-page report on Sept. 14 detailing “the history and legacy of Wheaton College from 1860-2000 with respect to race relations.”
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One of the stated purposes of the review is, “To determine—in view of the supremacy of Jesus Christ—what aspects of history need to be celebrated more intentionally, lamented more deeply, or repented of more specifically.”One result from this study is the removal of former President J. Oliver Buswell’s name from a campus library due to his failure to have “a more expansive vision of racial equality.” The report also accuses him of reversing Wheaton’s “previously more enlightened” admissions policies regarding minority students.The HRTF […]
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