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cms-studentnewspaper-org-6960		Renaming DHT was a necessary antiracist step, but only the first of many – The Student			.html	text/html	1424	83	64	As the University of Edinburgh announced, on Monday 14th September, that David Hume Tower would be renamed 40 George Square (pending a new name), cries of outrage echoed high and low. Newspaper headlines accused the university of bowing to cancel culture, Twitter overflowed with vitriolic complaints, and the consensus seemed to be that the university had blundered in responding to a petition asking for the name to be changed (due to Hume's racist comments). We must judge veneration of Hume by modern standardswho we choose to publicly commemorate is a conscious choice, and by choosing to hold up those who have made racist statements, the university would be making a clear choice to ignore BME students. The campaign to have the building renamed has demonstrated the immense amount of work needed to make Edinburgh an actively antiracist university. blacked, David hume, david hume tower, Diversity, edinburgh university, racism 	./cache/cms-studentnewspaper-org-6960.html	./txt/cms-studentnewspaper-org-6960.txt