Posted on 05/21/2019 3:06:25 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
This month and next dozens of universities across the nation, from private top-tier schools to public state institutions, will host segregated graduation ceremonies and celebrations for their black graduates.
These supplementary ceremonies are voluntary and are offered in addition to the universities’ regular graduations. Sometimes they’re co-hosted by black campus resource centers and various academic departments. They serve to give extra honors and recognition to black students earning their degrees.
The popularity in offering these segregated graduations also seems to be growing. A new report by the National Association of Scholars that looked at 173 schools found that 76 of them, or 44 percent, offer such ceremonies. Many others also offer similar ceremonies for Latino or LGBTQ student populations. Harvard this year also debuted a “UndocuGraduation” for students in the country illegally.
As for the black graduations, a few notable universities they’re held at include UC San Diego, UC Irvine, Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Yale and Arizona State University.
Erika Johnson, a spokesperson for UC San Diego, told The College Fix that the Black Resource Center at the university hosts its ceremony.
“Numerous campus programs and organizations hold supplementary celebrations to honor student achievement—these do not substitute university commencement ceremonies. The Black Resource Center is an example of this and holds the Black Graduation Ceremony as an additional pre-commencement celebration to honor the academic achievements of graduating students,” she said via email.
The New York Times reported in 2017 that “participants say the ceremonies are a way of celebrating their shared experience as a group, and not a rejection of official college graduations, which they also attend. Depending on one’s point of view, the ceremonies may also be reinforcing an image of the 21st-century campus as an incubator for identity politics.”
The National Association of Scholars, in its report, called the separate commencements an example of “neo-segregation” on campus. Other examples include segregated dorms and freshmen orientations. Americans should care about the implications, the report states, because “neo-segregation is the breeding ground of racial conflict in American society.”
“Neo-segregation inculcates in young people the readiness to cling to a victim identity at the expense of becoming a positive member of the larger community,” the report states. “No doubt a large portion of the racial grievance politics we see in society at large these days is the carefully nurtured product of campus neo-segregation.” The Undefeated reported last year that some segregated commencements date back many years: “Syracuse University hosted its first black graduation ceremony in 2004, the University of Southern California initiated its in 1999 and Stanford established its black graduation ceremony more than 40 years ago.”
When asked by The College Fix for comment on why the university holds a black graduation commencement, Sheri Ledbetter, a spokesperson for UC Irvine, said the university is a “campus that celebrates diversity.”
“At these special and cultural celebrations, students and their families participate in the celebrations. The commencement ceremonies have limitations on the number of invited guests, while these cultural celebrations typically include more family and community members,” Ledbetter told The College Fix. “These are more informal and oftentimes incorporate cultural traditions.”
Isn’t that a bit racist?
Fruits of diversity
Can you imagine holding Asian only, or white only, or straight only graduations? ‘Diversity’ for thee, but not for me.
By isolation their is no competition with the rest. The bar is lowered to accommodate. Special treatment and isolation breeds hate mistrust and animosity. The universities are bastions of propaganda, segregation and radicalism. The final grooming from the education system before they are let loose in society
Maybe they will start demanding their own water fountains and seating sections on public transport.
Pining for the 50’s?
We always knew that ‘diversity’ was just code for racism.
Yet these diverse communities, while hosting exclusive “supplementary” events catering to their particular affinities, have no reluctance to opine about and, more specifically, object to main graduation speakers who offend their sense of “inclusion” and “welcome.”
What is amazing about this article is that there were actually critical quotations in the New York Times article. The NYT PC police must have been on coffee break (nondairy, Fair Trade only) when the article came through for screening and censoring.
Wonder if these graduates will be seeking employment in blacks-only corporations?
This country has gone from melting pot to a Shi+ pot. So much for unity.
So I read the article. These are described as supplementary ceremonies. Students attend the official ceremony.
While I wouldn’t do it myself, I see no issue here. Sounds to me like a cultural after-grad party that includes recreating walking across the stage in your gown. Maybe different music, different kind of speakers, etc. Sounds like a lot more guests are included, which is always nice.
Since they have completed the formalities, am I missing something?
Yes, theoretically, happily.
Realistically, of course not.
You can't reason with tribalists, or even point out their hypocrisy. There's no consistency, only a search for advantage.
From the article, "When asked by The College Fix for comment on why the university holds a black graduation commencement, Sheri Ledbetter, a spokesperson for UC Irvine, said the university is a “campus that celebrates diversity.”
Actually, it’s refreshing to know the truth. There was never anything wrong with “white” people. They should let go of the enforced guilt.
All people are naturally “racist” to some extent. There is nothing wrong with a preference for the appearance and behaviors of others. In fact, there are good biological and sociological motivations driving this to be a dominant characteristic.
Slavery has existed for as long as Man. Only those who are actual slaves are the victims. America had Africans and Chinese and probably others as slaves. Some have let the past be in the past, some have not.
If you want to blame someone for black slavery in America, blame the British. They’re the ones who made it into a business, since shipping was about all they had to offer.
btt
Do you think the universities would allow whites to do this? If not, they are discriminating, (being racist)...
I’d go for the ribs and fried chicken.
there’s going to be alot of noise!
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