<p>A student newspaper&#8217;s editorial board at a New York liberal arts college wrote an apology this week for a February article &#8212; claiming too many white students were quoted &#8212; and issued a retraction.</p>
<p>The article that was retracted by Vassar College&#8217;s newspaper, The Miscellany News, centered on the withdrawal of former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson from giving a speech at commencement this year. Johnson decided against speaking after campus pushback on his border deportation policies.</p>
<p>On Wednesday, The Miscellany News <a href="https://miscellanynews.org/2022/03/23/news/apology-from-the-editors-2/">published</a> an apology for the Johnson piece — noting its staff believes in the &#8220;values of diversity and inclusion.&#8221; The student newspaper said it chose to yank the article &#8220;to prevent further harm among the communities we misrepresented&#8221; since most people quoted in it were apparently white students.</p>
<p>&#8220;The majority of our quotations came from white students and therefore we reduced the positions of students of color to a singular, tokenized perspective,&#8221; the apology said. &#8220;After this was brought to our attention, the paper decided to remove the article online in an attempt to prevent further harm among the communities we misrepresented.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;However, misrepresentation is <i>not</i> the only issue in the article—to state so would be a grievous oversimplification,&#8221; the apology continued, noting that journalism &#8220;has historically been a white-centric&#8221; profession and that its decision to quote white students was indicative of &#8220;the privilege and lack of diversity that we have allowed to persist for generations across our boards.&#8221;</p>
<p>The student newspaper&#8217;s editor in chief did not respond to a Daily Wire request for comment. Replacing Johnson to speak at commencement, who was the first black man to serve as DHS Secretary, is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-leguizamo-upset-latinx-talent-not-represented-at-oscars">actor</a> John Leguizamo. The Miscellany News <a href="https://miscellanynews.org/2022/03/15/news/john-leguizamo-talks-about-bruno-2022-commencement/">says</a> Leguziamo has &#8220;pride in his Latinx ethnicity.&#8221;</p>
<p>Vassar, located in Poughkeepsie, is no stranger to controversy. In 2015, an administrator ripped up a copy of the U.S. Constitution, watchdog <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PZAzLTQlX8&amp;t=45s">group</a> Project Veritas reported. In a statement to The Daily Wire, the Town of Poughkeepsie&#8217;s Republican Committee Chair said the student newspaper is engaging in censorship.</p>
<p>&#8220;Retracting  a story because a specific demographic is under quoted not only discounts the opinions of those quoted, it censors the writer,&#8221; said Amy <span class="qu" role="gridcell"><span class="gD" data-hovercard-id="abomb30@gmail.com" data-hovercard-owner-id="116">Bombardieri. &#8220;</span></span>If a wide enough variety of people were not utilized, the better way to correct the situation would be to expand on the story. Censorship is a very dangerous way to ensure feelings aren&#8217;t hurt.&#8221;</p>
<p>In order to ensure the &#8220;integrity&#8221; of quotes included in future articles, the newspaper announced it will craft a &#8220;review board&#8221; separate from the editorial board — so it can &#8220;address the systemic problems&#8221; it faces.</p>

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