Glimmer of Light in the Sun

Land ahoy! Editors at the Sun are on the banks of reason.

After over a month of silence on the matter, the Daily Stun‘s staff has finally come around, stating in an editorial that Ken Glover & Co.’s accusation of administrative racism against the Africana center was “‘harsh… and revolutionary dialogue… that creates a misleading atmosphere.” In a very atypical fashion, the Sun admonishes the Africana leaders’ use of “racially-charged rhetoric” and encourages the group to look positively at the Center’s future instead of continuing to fight the University’s move to bring it under Arts & Sciences.

Of course, this was all said a long, long time ago in a blog not very far away.

While the editors throw the proverbial bone to the Africana protestors, saying the “outrage stems from legitimate complaints of unilateral decision making,” they nonetheless take a firm and impressive stance against the absurd language used at December’s rally. Thinking progressively, the editors also call upon Provost Fuchs to provide the utmost support for and recognition of the importance of Africana studies in the Arts & Sciences program. They’re absolutely right. Unfortunately, for the University to finally quash the ridiculous accusations by the most radical Africana supporters, they need to prove the claims they made of increased funding and a PhD program were not feigned.

It appears Judah Bellin’s sophisticated article yesterday and Steven Zhang’s piece today may have swayed the folks over at the Sun. While Bellin’s article examined Africana’s competing philosophies as the root of the problem, Zhang reiterated the ridiculousness of its actions today. Zhang hints that K.G. & CO’s protests have diluted the danger of real racism and that their complaints would have been warranted only if the change had never been made.

We’re glad to have you on board, Daily Sun. It took awhile,but it’s always difficult to get the whole package at once.