TITLE: Georgetown University Issues ‘Mea Culpa’ for Complicity in Slave-Trade
SENTENCE 1: On Tuesday, Georgetown president John J. DeGioia wrote a letter to all members of the Georgetown University Community, inviting them to an open conversation “on the historical role that Georgetown played in the institution of slavery and the persistence of racial injustice in our nation,” to be held on campus Thursday.
SENTENCE 2: DeGioia said that the Working Group was created to determine “how best to acknowledge and recognize this history; examine and interpret the history of certain sites on our campus, including Mulledy Hall; and convene events and opportunities for dialogue.”  Earlier this year, Georgetown sought to make amends to the black community by creating a department of African American Studies, developing a new center focused on racial justice, and hiring new faculty.
SENTENCE 3: The event continues an uneasy conversation sparked by revelations that the Jesuit priests who ran the nation’s top Catholic university sold hundreds of slaves to be shipped to plantations in the Deep South in order to keep the fledgling university alive.

Bias label: moderately
Annotator rationales:
If you describe the event as an open conversation, then you risk implying that the historical role of Georgetown in slavery is an issue that can be casually discussed without addressing its deep systemic implications.
If you describe the event as a continuation of an uneasy conversation, then you risk trivializing the significance of the historical actions and their lasting impact on the affected communities.
If you emphasize the actions of Jesuit priests, then you risk framing this as a matter of individual wrongdoing rather than as a reflection of a wider societal issue and institutional complicity in slavery.
If you describe the creation of a Working Group without clearly highlighting the specific changes or actions it is expected to bring about, then you risk portraying it as a symbolic gesture rather than a tangible effort for structural change.
If you emphasize Georgetown's attempts to make amends, then you risk portraying them as sufficiently addressing the issue without acknowledging that systemic change may require more than symbolic efforts.