{"id":247887,"date":"2021-03-18T14:30:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T18:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=247887"},"modified":"2021-03-18T14:30:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T18:30:38","slug":"columbia-university-reverses-course-sort-of-on-segregated-graduation-ceremonies-now-calls-them-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-reverses-course-sort-of-on-segregated-graduation-ceremonies-now-calls-them-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia University Reverses Course, Sort Of, On Segregated Graduation Ceremonies; Now Calls Them \u2018Celebrations\u2019"},"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\">28<\/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-university-reverses-course-sort-of-on-segregated-graduation-ceremonies-now-calls-them-celebrations%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=247887&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-1862.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Columbia University claimed \u201cmisinformation on Twitter\u201d led to reports that it was holding segregated graduation ceremonies based on race, sexual identity, and income level.<\/p>\n<p>The College Fix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/after-backlash-columbia-stealthily-changes-segregated-grad-ceremonies-to-celebrations\/\">reported<\/a> that in response to the backlash the university received for the segregated \u201cMulticultural Graduation Ceremonies,\u201d the school\u2019s website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cc-seas.columbia.edu\/multicultural\/graduateregistration\">was quietly changed<\/a> to call them \u201cMulticultural Graduation Celebrations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Fix reported in its original article on the ceremonies that they were in addition to the graduation ceremonies for the entire \u201cIvy League university and its individual schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn most instances, these smaller, multicultural gatherings evolved from ceremonies originally created by alumni and students,\u201d a school spokesperson told the outlet in an email. \u201cThe gatherings are voluntary, open to every student who wants to participate, and have become a highly anticipated and meaningful part of the Columbia graduation experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire\u2019s Chrissy Clark previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-to-host-six-graduation-ceremonies-divided-by-sex-race-income\">reported<\/a> that the school\u2019s website claimed the segregated events would \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<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ceremonies provided include a \u2018Native Graduation\u2019 for Native-American students, a \u2018Lavender Graduation\u2019 for students who identify as part of the LGBTQ community, an \u2018Asian Graduation,\u2019 a \u2018FLI Graduation\u2019 for \u2018first-generation and\/or low-income community\u2019 members, a \u2018Latinx Graduation,\u2019 and a \u2018Black Graduation,\u2019\u201d Clark reported.<\/p>\n<p>More from The Daily Wire:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"26.823529411765\">\n<p><em>According to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nas.org\/blogs\/article\/harvard_prepares_to_host_all_black_graduation\">report<\/a>&nbsp;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;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In many cases, these ceremonies are co-hosted by black student affinity groups, specific academic departments, or multicultural centers.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>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;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Clark reported, National Association of Scholars author Dion Pierre wrote in 2017 that segregated graduation ceremonies would further separate people based on race.<\/p>\n<p>\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 he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nas.org\/blogs\/article\/harvard_prepares_to_host_all_black_graduation\">wrote<\/a>. \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<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has paved the way for additional racial segregation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-education-department-decides-racially-segregated-groups-are-not-discriminatory\">reversing<\/a> a previous Department of Education determination that racial \u201caffinity groups\u201d amounted to discrimination since they treated students and staff differently based on race.<\/p>\n<p><em>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&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia University claimed \u201cmisinformation on Twitter\u201d led to reports that it was holding segregated graduation ceremonies based on race, sexual identity, and income level.The College Fix reported that in response &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310761,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1862.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Columbia University Reverses Course, Sort Of, On Segregated Graduation Ceremonies; Now Calls Them \u2018Celebrations\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1862.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Columbia University Reverses Course, Sort Of, On Segregated Graduation Ceremonies; Now Calls Them \u2018Celebrations\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}