Clickbait Trivia Cannot Save Democracy

Jacob I. Himelfarb, a Crimson Editorial comper, lives in Hurlbut Hall. M. Kat Levitt, a Crimson Editorial comper, lives in Canaday Hall.

Trivia: “The first Native American to graduate from Harvard graduated in what year?”

This question features in Tango, an online game developed by Harvard researchers to decrease political polarization.

If you didn’t get it, the answer is 1665! On the surface, this question assigns inclusivity or even radicalism to Harvard’s history. But the question omits a great deal of nuance: the fact that Harvard built the Indian College to convert Native people to Christianity and attract donors, and that

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