Graduation canceled...except for 'students of color' and 'LGBTQIA+' students

[mountaineer]

Graduation canceled...except for 'students of color' and 'LGBTQIA+' students
Kyle Hooten
Minnesota Senior Campus Correspondent
on Apr 22, 2020 at 1:05 PM EDT

   * St. Olaf College has postponed graduation ceremonies for the class of 2020 until next year but will still host virtual festivities for minority students only.
   * Seniors at the school say they have not been informed of any similar virtual festivities for the general student body.

St. Olaf College in Minnesota plans to host three virtual graduation ceremonies for different groups of minority students, while others must wait until next year to celebrate their completion of college.

“Self-identified domestic students of color, international students and LGBTQIA+ students” at the Minnesota school will receive their own virtual graduation ceremonies at the conclusion of this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, per an administrative email. Meanwhile, graduation for the rest of the class of 2020 has been “rescheduled for a date in late May/early June of 2021,” according to the school's website.

The three virtual graduation ceremonies for students in minority groups were announced by and will be hosted through the Taylor Center for Equity and Inclusion. This project of the school exists to help “students of color," “LBGTQIA+” and international students “celebrate” their “awesomeness factor,” per the center’s website. ...

“This event acknowledges the value and uniqueness of students’ experience and serves to commemorate and highlight the accomplishments of individuals within their familial and cultural context,” reads the email. ...

Full story at Campus Reform

Lizzie Warren, Shaun King and Rachael Dolzeal celebrate their fellow "self-identified" people of color getting a ceremony the white folks are denied.

[sneakypete]

“Self-identified domestic students of color, international students and LGBTQIA+ students” at the Minnesota school will receive their own virtual graduation ceremonies at the conclusion of this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, per an administrative email.

What ever happened to "All people are created equal in the eye of the law"?

We now live in a world where it is OFFICIAL that "some people are more equal than other people,based entirely on skin color/etnicity."

Racial and sexual orientation discrimination is now the official policy of the United States.

[mountaineer]

Racial and sexual orientation discrimination is now the official policy of the United States.

Ah, but academia knows better than the rest of us mere deplorables.

[sneakypete]

Ah, but academia knows better than the rest of us mere deplorables.

@mountaineer

No doubt due to all their "real life world experience".

[Fishrrman]

sneakypete wonders:
"What ever happened to "All people are created equal in the eye of the law"?"

The Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act are "what happened".
Two of the most destructive laws in U.S. history.

[Smokin Joe]

Hello? (Fill in with college of your choice). I have X credit/semester/quarter hours at St. Olaf College, and I was wondering which would transfer? I will forward my transcript.

What's a Semester of your time to not having St Olaf's name on your sheepskin?

Let them be the Howard University of the North (with sprinkles and glitter).

[PeteS in CA]

What ever happened to "All people are created equal in the eye of the law"?
...

It's a private college, not a state-run university.

[sneakypete]

sneakypete wonders:
"What ever happened to "All people are created equal in the eye of the law"?"

The Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act are "what happened".
Two of the most destructive laws in U.S. history.

@fishhawk

There can be no question about that being true.

[PeteS in CA]

A bit more about St. Olaf College, http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,386168.0.html .

[sneakypete]

It's a private college, not a state-run university.

@PeteS in CA

Private colleges are NOT exempt from being required to follow federal law.

[mountaineer]

Private colleges are NOT exempt from being required to follow federal law.

Especially if they participate in the student loan program.

[mountaineer]

A bit more about St. Olaf College, http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,386168.0.html .

Shameful.

[skeeter]

There are no bigger fascists on the planet than the leadership of the major components of the rat party, especially the civil rights hustlers.

[Smokin Joe]

There are no bigger fascists on the planet than the leadership of the major components of the rat party, especially the civil rights hustlers.

I think their propensity for fascism depends on their individual level of feeling victimized.
The more victimized they feel the more groups out there to "strike back" at, and the more people they want to sh*t on.
Born female GLBTQXYZ POC's seem to be leading the list this week.

[jmyrlefuller]

I've watched enough episodes The Golden Girls not to put too much stock in St. Olaf, Minnesota.

[Hoodat]

Some animals are more equal than others.

[rangerrebew]

College Postpones Graduation for Straight White Americans While All Others Get a Ceremony
C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal
Published April 26, 2020 at 6:04am
 

College commencement ceremonies are something that students look forward to for four years. (Or longer, depending on your academic acumen.) For the class of 2020, unfortunately, those commencement ceremonies are going to have to wait, given the prohibitions on mass gatherings and the like.

There are virtual ceremonies, of course. If you attend St. Olaf College in Minnesota, you can, in fact, take part in one of these digital ceremonies — provided, of course, you’re not a straight, white male.

https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/college-postpones-graduation-straight-white-americans-others-get-ceremony

[Smokin Joe]

Uff Da!