Abstract
THE LATIN TERM VERITAS IS HARVARD UNIVERSITY’S MOTTO. IT MEANS ‘TRUTH.’ Academic freedom-based truth is what academic institutions should be all about. Regrettably, this has not always been the case because of many reasons, including but not limited to financial reasons and the politicization of the academic affairs. In this short essay, I intend to reflect on the importance of the April 26, 2022, Report of the Committee on “Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery.” It takes a great deal of moral compass, honesty, intellectual humility, a Socratic passion for the truth, leadership, and commitment to transformative change to do what Harvard’s President Lawrence S. Bacow did. Not only did he have the audacity to appoint a committee of faculty members to investigate the Ivy League institution’s controversial connection with slavery a.k.a. “America’s original sin,” but also accepted and was committed to taking reparative actions on the committee’s seven recommendations. Before delivering my reflections, it is necessary to summarize the report key findings.
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