Columbia University is planning to hold six additional graduation ceremonies for students according to their race and other aspects of how they identify.
The New York City school website details graduation ceremonies for native, Asian, “Latinx” and black students that will take place at Columbia College, Columbia Engineering, General Studies and Barnard College in late April. Another nickname of “FLI Graduation” is for “first generation and / or low income community.” The school also offers a “Lavender” graduation for the “LGBTIAQ + community”.
Due to coronavirus restrictions, the ceremonies will take place online. It is not clear when the separate ceremonies were announced, but Sunday was the deadline to nominate individuals at Columbia College, Columbia Engineering and General Studies for the “Multicultural Affairs Graduation Cords”.
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Columbia University did not immediately respond to Fox News’s request for comment, and it is not clear whether the ceremonies would necessarily exclude individuals of other races or backgrounds. The university is also hosting what appears to be a more general graduation ceremony on April 30.
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Last month, Young America’s Foundation signaled a “white-only caucus” event scheduled to take place at Elon University. The aim was “to give whites a space to learn and process their conscience and complicity in unfair systems without harming their colored friends,” according to an e-mail distributed by the university.
The university said the event was organized by a group of students and eventually did not happen because it was “at odds with the university’s policies”.