I would like to thank the Emerald for giving Mohamed Yahya the chance to recount the horrors of his native Sudan. It’s actions like the rally held on Saturday that are critical in informing the public about the genocide taking place in the Darfur region.
The front page, which juxtaposed “A Voice for Darfur” against another article about the upcoming distribution of “Civil War” tickets, however, made me stop and think about our society.
The decision to place both articles side by side illustrates the privileged nature of the developed world. We take words and phrases such as “Civil War” and distort their traditional meanings to emphasize what is less important. Does this say something about our removal from this particular conflict in Sudan? Does this linguistic apathy show a lack of care for the plight of those in Sudan? What will come of Darfur if we don’t take a stand and act?
Everyone should be informed about the genocide in Darfur and take action on this issue. It is our moral obligation to the people of Sudan, to ourselves, and the human race. We need to restore the traditional meaning of the words “never again” to just that: “never again.”
Daniel Ronan
Student