Two weeks after he told students an African American scholar was the ‘rarest phenomenon,’ Purdue President Mitch Daniels retracted his statement.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – With campus groups and faculty pressuring Purdue President Mitch Daniels to atone for his choice of words when he called an African American scholar “one of the rarest creatures in America” and the “rarest phenomenon,” the former governor of Indiana apologized in a letter sent to members of five organizations on campus.
That night, Daniels had been pressed by students about his administration’s response after a Purdue student had been denied the sale of cold medicine because a clerk and a manager at an off-campus CVS Pharmacy had rejected his Puerto Rican driver’s license as sufficient ID. The incident led to student rallies calling on a response from Daniels, which he’d been reluctant to offer.
“In just a few sentences, Mr. Daniels seemed to question the possibility of sustained black excellence,” Starr wrote in the New York Times op-ed. “It’s true that the number of black scholars is smaller than one would like. But they’re also suppressed by the fiction that black leadership is an impossible dream – a rare bird.”
“At this point, it is a public matter,” Berry, a senior, said. “There are other African American scholars all over the world, and people who are not African American scholars, who have taken offense to the statement. At this point, it’s not just a list of 10 people you can apologize to just to put a Band-Aid on the situation.”“The campus is very upset, especially in the black community, I can say for sure,” Berry said.
“I am glad that he's finally acknowledge that his words, as our university leader, matter,” Perez de Jesus said Wednesday. “The president’s statement lacks specificity. If he were a student in my class I would point this out. However, it is a step forward, and there is a possibility for further dialogue.”
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