Yale U struggles with a legacy of white men including its founder, a slave trader

Yale U struggles with a legacy of white men including its founder, a slave trader

by WorldTribune Staff, November 15, 2017 Why are Yale students known as Elis? That question in the year 2017 can certainly be taken as rhetorical, but for history’s sake they are called Elis after the college’s namesake, Elihu Yale, a straight, white, wealthy male who profited greatly from trading slaves. Earlier this month, the head […]