The school’s website details the upcoming graduation ceremonies for Native, Asian, “Latinx,” and black students scheduled for late April for Columbia College, Columbia Engineering, General Studies, and Barnard College. Another ceremony, “FLI Graduation” is for “first generation and/or low income community,” and the “Lavender” graduation is intended for the “LGBTIAQ+ community.”
Due to continuing pandemic-related restrictions, the events are expected to take place online.
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“In honor of Columbia’s diverse student community and complementing the school- and University-wide graduation ceremonies, we are proud to also offer Multicultural Graduation Celebrations, which provide a more intimate setting for students who self-identify in a variety of ways,” a university webpage states.
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“These events invite community members to reflect on personal growth and community experiences that have impacted their time as students through to graduation. All students are invited to participate in these celebrations.”
The university is additionally offering participants a “multicultural graduation gift (e.g., stole, tassel, pin, or other gift).”
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Critics weren’t buying Columbia’s explanation for the gaggle of graduation gatherings. Mary Grabar, resident fellow at the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization and the author most recently of “Debunking the 1619 Project,” deemed the multiplicity of graduation ceremonies as the inevitable product of leftist indoctrination in the education system.
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“This is the logical outcome of replacing literary classics with ‘multicultural literature’ and American and World history with histories of various groups. What category are they reserving for white students who are neither gay nor first generation? ‘White Privileged?’ Of course, these will be the pariahs, and that has been the plan all along,” she commented to The Epoch Times.
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“The plan is to sow division and implement demonization.
“I saw it coming when I started teaching in the 1990s. This is the logical outcome.”
Conservative commentator Candace Owens mocked the ceremonies in a tweet.
“Congratulations are in order for liberals and Columbia University for successfully bringing segregation back by packaging it as ‘diversity inclusion.’ Just one question: which ceremony do bi-racial children attend?” she wrote.
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) also criticized the university’s plans on his Twitter page in a series of posts.
“The endpoint of critical race theory: segregation. Critical race theory is the belief that people have value based on the color of their skin, and that our race defines everything about us. It’s not just false—it’s dangerous.” he wrote.
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“The problem is not just one ‘woke’ university embracing discrimination.
“Critical race theory is being pushed on our kids at school, it’s peddled by HR departments at corporations, and the Biden administration has embraced it under the guise of ‘racial equity.’”
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