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Pennsylvania liberal arts college drops professor's name from campus building after he excavated Native American burial site

New York Post·Chris Bradford·6 months ago
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A Pennsylvania liberal arts college has removed a college professor’s name from a campus building after it emerged he excavated a Native American burial site – but critics say the move is revisionist.

Swarthmore College scrubbed Spencer Trotter’s name from its Trotter Hall building after learning he dug up the site in 1899 and put remains on display on campus, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

Trotter, who was part of the college’s biology department, promoted racial hierarchy in his works – which scholars have determined to be “scientific racism.”

Swarthmore College has scrubbed biology professor Spencer Trotter’s name from its Trotter Hall building.…

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