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Descendants of people enslaved by St. Louis University say they cannot participate in formal apology

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73% Informative

St. Louis University was set to apologize for enslaving people.

A group of descendants of Black people the school enslaved backed out, citing concerns that the yearslong reconciliation process felt too symbolic.

The school planned to commit to an apology, a monument, and a report.

A prayer service scheduled for the apology was postponed after the descendants group said they were not participating.

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71

Informative language

67

Neutral language

67

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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