Columbia University is considering holding six additional graduation ceremonies for students according to their gender and other aspects of how they identify.
The New York City School website details graduation ceremonies for Columbia Engineering, General Studies and Barnard College for Asian, “Latinx” and Black students in late April. The second dubbed “FLI Graduation” is for the first pay generation and / or low-income community. ” The school also hosts a “Lavender” graduation for the “LGBTIAQ + community”.
Due to coronavirus restrictions, the rituals will take place. It is not clear when the separate ceremony was announced, but Sunday was the deadline for nominating individuals from Columbia College, Columbia Engineering and General Studies graduates of the “Multicultural Affairs Graduation Cords.”
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Columbia University did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.
The university said in a statement on Twitter on Tuesday about the graduation ceremonies that “these programs” exist instead of university-wide start-ups and individual school class days, and are “voluntary” and “open to every student.” “
The university wrote in a tweet, “These events are important, intimate and welcoming places for students joining these groups to come together to celebrate their achievements if they wish,” the university wrote in a tweet. “They are organized together with students and student groups.”
A university-wide opening ceremony will be held in Columbia on April 30th.
Last month, the Young America Foundation gave the national flag to a “white-only caucus” event held at Elon University. According to an email distributed by the university, “The aim was to give white people a place to learn and process awareness in unjust systems and their awareness without harming friends of their color.”
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The university said the event was organized by a group of students and ultimately did not take place because it “contradicted the university’s policies.”
This story has been updated to include Columbia University tweets regarding the graduation ceremony.
