Columbia College and Columbia Engineering to Host Segregated Graduations in May
“[d]iversity and inclusion are not only central to the student experience, they are key components to learning and development”
Progressives in higher education don’t care if the public disagrees with this sort of thing. Or if it’s even legal, for that matter.
Campus Reform reports:
Columbia to host segregated graduations again this May
Columbia College and Columbia Engineering will host a variety of special graduations based on students’ race and sexual orientation from May 1-15.
These “Multicultural Graduation Celebrations” aim to provide “more intimate settings for students who self-identify in a variety of ways,” according to Columbia’s website.
The Ivy League institution will host segregated ceremonies for Asian, black, “Latinx,” and “Lavender” (for those who identify as “LGBTQIA+”) students, among other categories, with all of these ceremonies being sponsored or co-sponsored by Columbia’s Multicultural Affairs office, as seen on the website.
Multicultural Affairs believes that “[d]iversity and inclusion are not only central to the student experience, they are key components to learning and development,” the office’s page states.
“Multicultural Affairs recognizes that identity, social responsibility, allyship and equity must be addressed at multiple interconnected levels to best support students’ various developmental stages,” the page reads.
In 2021, Columbia University sparked controversy when it announced virtual graduations “segregated by race, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status,” wrote Campus Reform.
The decision to hold segregated graduation ceremonies in 2021 has attracted criticism, with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) commenting on X in reaction to the news: “The endpoint of critical race theory: segregation.”
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So how do columbia grads plan to live their lives off campus in NYC, being constantly confronted and forced to interact with different races, ethnicities, gender orientations, etc?
Snowflakes so fragile.
“[d]iversity and inclusion are not only central to the student experience, they are key components to learning and development,”
So we’re going to hold a graduation ceremony that excludes everyone who’s not like you.
Sure…that makes perfect sense.
Columbia College – where they’ll happily educate you all the way up to “stupid”.
This should be illegal unless there are also white and straight segregated graduation ceremonies.
What’s next? Separate bathrooms? Separate water fountains? Asking for a friend.