Several colleges at Columbia University are holding separate graduation ceremonies according to race, sexual orientation, and other identity factors.
We covered this in a Quick Take ten days ago, so if you read Legal Insurrection you’re ahead of the curve. We decided to revisit the topic based on all the reactions.
Sam Dorman reports at FOX News:
Columbia University hosting 6 separate graduation ceremonies based on income level, race, ethnicitiesColumbia University is planning to hold six additional graduation ceremonies for students according to their race and other aspects of how they identify.The New York City school’s website details graduation ceremonies for Native, Asian, “Latinx” and Black students taking place for Columbia College, Columbia Engineering, General Studies and Barnard College at the end of April. Another dubbed “FLI Graduation” is for “first generation and/or low income community.” The school also hosts a “Lavender” graduation for the “LGBTIAQ+ community.”Due to coronavirus restrictions, the ceremonies will take place online. It’s unclear when the separate ceremonies were announced, but Sunday was the deadline for nominating individuals in Columbia College, Columbia Engineering and General Studies for the “Multicultural Affairs Graduation Cords.”
Here are some noteworthy Twitter reactions:
Columbia released this statement:
Columbia can’t escape from the optics of this. It looks like a reversal of everything the Civil Rights Movement worked for.
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