{"id":228835,"date":"2021-03-16T10:32:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T14:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=228835"},"modified":"2021-03-16T10:32:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T14:32:23","slug":"columbia-to-host-six-graduation-ceremonies-divided-by-sex-race-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-to-host-six-graduation-ceremonies-divided-by-sex-race-income\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia To Host Six Graduation Ceremonies Divided By Sex, Race, Income"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolumbia-to-host-six-graduation-ceremonies-divided-by-sex-race-income%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=228835&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1198.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Columbia University is set to host six separate graduation ceremonies based on sex, race, and income in the name of \u201cmulticulturalism.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The graduations will \u201ccomplement\u201d the existing school-wide ceremonies. The school\u2019s web page claims that the segregated events will \u201cprovide a more intimate setting for students and guests to gather, incorporate meaningful cultural traditions and celebrate the specific contributions and achievements of their communities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ceremonies provided include a \u201cNative Graduation\u201d for Native-American students, a \u201cLavender Graduation\u201d for students who identify as part of the LGBTQ community, an \u201cAsian Graduation,\u201d a \u201cFLI Graduation\u201d for \u201cfirst-generation and\/or low-income community\u201d members, a \u201cLatinx Graduation,\u201d and a \u201cBlack Graduation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nas.org\/blogs\/article\/harvard_prepares_to_host_all_black_graduation\"><span>report<\/span><\/a> <span>by the National Association of Scholars, more than 75 schools across the nation offer optional segregated graduation ceremonies to students. The most notable and elite institutions include Harvard, the University of California-San Diego, the University of California-Irvine, Arizona State University, Stanford, the University of California-Berkeley, UCLA, and Yale.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In many cases, these ceremonies are co-hosted by black student affinity groups, specific academic departments, or multicultural centers.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The phenomena began in 2017 and within two years had co-opted Harvard University into hosting an \u201cUndocuGraduation\u201d for students who were in the country illegally. A speaker at the \u201cUndocuGraduation\u201d was a Harvard history professor who was arrested while protesting President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2017.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The National Association of Scholars\u2019 Dion Pierre wrote back in 2017 that he believed segregated graduation ceremonies would prove to intensify existing racial tensions.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUltimately, university officials go wrong when they treat students as black, Latino, or Asian, i.e., as different. By doing so, they reinforce the idea of interminable inequality and conflict between the races,\u201d Pierre<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nas.org\/blogs\/article\/harvard_prepares_to_host_all_black_graduation\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cIf our universities hope to ease racial tensions, they should encourage students and parents to meet one another as citizens united by a common sense of purpose, not as mutually opposed ethnic groups.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ceremonies and other racially segregated \u201caffinity groups\u201d have been given the green light from the Biden administration. In his first few days in office, Biden\u2019s Department of Education reversed course on a decision that found racially segregated groups to be a form of segregation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-education-department-decides-racially-segregated-groups-are-not-discriminatory\">reported<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p><em><span>In the final days of the Trump administration, the Department of Education determined that racial \u201caffinity groups\u201d were discriminatory because they treated students and staff differently based on their race. The New York Post discovered that the Biden Education Department suspended this decision.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Be it separate graduation ceremonies or \u201caffinity groups,\u201d both are used to separate students and staff by race in hopes of giving black, Indigenous, and people of color a \u201csafe space\u201d to discuss their experiences with racism while providing a separate space for white people to learn about their \u201cwhite privilege.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It has also become a growing trend on college campuses to allegedly help white students understand their role in racism and systemic oppression.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia University is set to host six separate graduation ceremonies based on sex, race, and income in the name of \u201cmulticulturalism.\u201d\u00a0 The graduations will \u201ccomplement\u201d the existing school-wide ceremonies. 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