These woke students don’t even realize that they’re setting back the Civil Rights Movement.
Campus Reform reports:
NYU cancels identity-based graduation ceremonies, sparks student backlashNew York University (NYU) recently scrapped a number of identity-based graduation events, leading to student protests against the decision.The school canceled several of its “affinity” graduation ceremonies last month, citing concerns over the “current political climate.”Such ceremonies include a specific theme related to race, ethnicity, or gender and sexuality. Campus Reform previously reported on a Lavender Graduation for ‘LGBTQIA+” graduates co-organized by the City College of New York and LaGuardia Community College.Following the cancellations, students organized an activism group, called “Our Stories, Our Stage,” to lobby the school to reinstate the events. The group launched a petition, which has garnered over 1,400 signatures, claiming that the cancellations are an attempt “to appease the current administration.”“Whether you’re in your first or last year of your undergraduate or graduate degree, faculty, alumni, or ally, the cancellation of the affinity groups is setting a dangerous precedent for anyone associated with NYU, or other higher educational institutions,” the petition reads. “NYU has now shown it is willing to throw its students under the bus in exchange for money.”The Trump administration has indeed cracked down on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within colleges and universities. Shortly after taking office, the president signed an executive order, entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” which threatened the federal funding of schools that refuse to comply with existing anti-discrimination legislation, which the administration believes DEI initiatives violate.The organization also attended a March 11 Student Government Assembly meeting, during which it called on the SGA chair to draft a resolution for next month’s University Senate meeting demanding that the ceremonies be made a permanent fixture at the school.Student Senators Council (SSC) Alternate Senator Raea Lovett had also proposed a prior resolution calling for affinity ceremonies to “remain in effect” unless the Senate formally approves the administration’s changes, though the status of the proposal cannot be confirmed as of the time of publication.
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