African-American graduates at Harvard University are holding a separately organized Black Commencement ceremony. However, that ceremony led to a rumor that the university is segregating their commencement events. While that is not the case, social media still took issue with the fact that African-Americans are putting together their own ceremony at the exclusion of others. When will this event occur?
Two days before the general university graduation, black students will celebrate the obstacles they have overcome and the accomplishments they have made despite racial issues they face at their Ivy League. In attendance will be more than 170 students with 530 guests confirmed to join in the ceremony. Black Commencement 2017 will be Harvard’s first university-wide graduation ceremony honoring students of the African descent.
There was some confusion over the ceremony as the Daily Wire reported that Harvard would be holding a “blacks-only graduation ceremony” in 2017. However, that is not the case despite the below story by the Daily Wire.
In the name of progress, Harvard University will segregate graduation ceremonies based on race.
For real.
The segregation will include only graduate students this year, but there are plans to expand such racial separation next year to all university students, including undergrads.
Shockingly, this is not as rare as it may seem. As noted by BET, “Stanford, Temple and Columbia all have Black student graduations.”
Martin Luther King Jr. would be proud.
Daily Wire linked to a Black Entertainment Television article which reported on an individually organized commencement ceremony and not the university’s larger overall event.
Aside from studying and taking grueling tests, if you’re a minority, the outer pressures of society make the already challenging coursework even more difficult. Knowing this, Black members of the class of 2017 decided to form an individual ceremony. It’s the first of its kind at the school in recent memory and took nearly a year to plan.
The separate graduation is an effort to highlight the aforementioned struggles and resilience it takes to get through those.
“This is an opportunity to celebrate Harvard’s Black excellence and Black brilliance,” Michael Huggins, a soon-to-become Masters graduate from Harvard’s Kennedy School, told The Root … “This is not about segregation … It’s about fellowship and building a community. This is a chance to reaffirm for each other that we enter the work world with a network of supporters standing with us. We are all partners.”
Despite the clarification on who was behind the decision, there were some negative reactions on social media to the ceremony. What do you think about the organized ceremony? Let us know in the comments section.
The irony of a segregated graduation ceremony at #liberal Harvard must have Dr. King rolling in his grave. https://t.co/ytytsVigR0
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) May 9, 2017
.@Harvard
When white ppl exclude black ppl, it’s segregation.
When black ppl exclude white ppl, it’s segregation.
Rest is junk & u know it.— Philip Schuyler (@FiveRights) May 9, 2017
If Harvard was truly the best school in the world don’t you think they would be able to convince their students segregation is a bad idea?
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 9, 2017
@hectormorenco Meanwhile black students at @Harvard having a “Blacks only” graduation…Civil rights for nothing -.they want segregation
— Sunshiney Days (@SunshineyDays13) May 9, 2017
@RealJamesWoods Wow. So this is the end result of a #Harvard #education today?
Voluntary segregation?
Sad. @Harvard— NetAdvisor.org® (@NetAdvisor) May 9, 2017
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