$100 million Harvard reparations pledge is not enough for 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones

The primary author of The 1619 Project recently blasted Harvard University’s $100 million plan intended to remedy the school’s past associations with slavery. On Tuesday, April 23, Nikole Hannah-Jones described Harvard’s $100 million “Legacy of Slavery” pledge as a “joke” during a speech at the school’s “Legacy of Slavery Symposium” in Cambridge, Massachusetts, according to The Harvard Crimson. [RELATED: Students storm Harvard Yard, erect newest campus Pro-Hamas tent occupation: WATCH] In addition to her work with the controversial 1619 Project, Hannah-Jones reports on “racial injustice” for The New York Times Magazine. She also serves as the Knight Chair of Race and Journalism at Howard University.  During her speech about Harvard’s pledge to address the effects of slavery, she called the $100 million commitment a “rounding error” and said that “no reckoning has occurred,” according to The Harvard Crimson. “A true investment would be hundreds of millions more,” Hannah-Jones continued. Hannah-Jones reportedly said that Harvard’s pledge was especially insufficient because of its alleged past of ignoring the problems caused by the institution of slavery. In an interview with the Crimson, the author explained that she also was concerned about where the money was being spent, and whether it was actually being...