It was an attempt at an April Fools joke. But last week’s edition of UNC’s student newspaper, the Daily Tar Heel, has highlighted a disconnect between the paper and the community it serves. And some people on campus say it reflects a larger disrespect of marginalized students at UNC.
At least three student editors at the DTH have resigned because of the April 1 edition and a related email blast. The publications were filled with satirical articles. One claimed that ICE agents were about to come to Chapel Hill. Another article said, “Hubert Davis rushes to find summer internship.” A third headline read, “UNC brings back DEI policies — for whites.”
We hear from Carolina Connection’s Henry Nicholls, who has been following the controversy. Then, we talk with Madison Mitchell and Dallia Lindell, the editors-in-chief of Black Ink, the official publication of the Black Student Body, which since 1969 has served as the voice of minority students at UNC.
Carolina Connection reached out via email, texts, and in-person to student editors and staff members of the Daily Tar Heel. They all either declined to comment or didn’t respond.
Carolina Connection is a student-led newscast, and some of its members have worked or currently work for the Daily Tar Heel, including Anthony Guerra-Flores and Andrew Sellers, who helped report this story.
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