A report released this week by Harvard University examines the prestigious schools’ ties to slavery. 

The school acknowledges it benefited from racial discrimination. 

The university says it will donate money to further research and publicize its ties to slavery, but will not make direct financial reparations to descendants of enslaved people. 

CGTN’s Jim Spellman reports.

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