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August 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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#BlackSky don't expect to see your niece walk this June in #BlackGraduation because there is not going to be one.
adreanalangston.bsky.social AdreanaLangston @adreanalangston.bsky.social · Mar 25
In this quote from the article it talks about schools getting rid of affinity groups. Even getting rid of #BlackGraduation Ceremony (Which is how I walked for my diploma at UC Berkeley)
But the guidance appeared to touch all of those areas and more, barring schools from “using race in decisions pertaining to admissions, hiring, promotion, compensation, financial aid, scholarships, prizes, administrative support, discipline, housing, graduation ceremonies and all other aspects of student, academic and campus life.” Some colleges have already preemptively taken steps to bar any clubs or student organizations that could run afoul of the department’s interpretation of civil rights law. This month, West Point moved to immediately disband 12 affinity groups, including the National Society of Black Engineers Club, the Asian-Pacific Forum Club and the Vietnamese-American Cadet Association. Other colleges suspended a ceremony marking the Lunar New Year, canceled a forum on race and ended degree requirements for students to take classes touching on D.E.I. to graduate. The letter on Friday specified that even graduation ceremonies that honored Black students separately from larger commencement ceremonies, for example, could be considered discriminatory. “In a shameful echo of a darker period in this country’s history,” Mr. Trainor wrote, “many American schools and universities even encourage segregation by race at graduation ceremonies and in dormitories and other facilities.”
March 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
adreanalangston.bsky.social
In this quote from the article it talks about schools getting rid of affinity groups. Even getting rid of #BlackGraduation Ceremony (Which is how I walked for my diploma at UC Berkeley)
But the guidance appeared to touch all of those areas and more, barring schools from “using race in decisions pertaining to admissions, hiring, promotion, compensation, financial aid, scholarships, prizes, administrative support, discipline, housing, graduation ceremonies and all other aspects of student, academic and campus life.” Some colleges have already preemptively taken steps to bar any clubs or student organizations that could run afoul of the department’s interpretation of civil rights law. This month, West Point moved to immediately disband 12 affinity groups, including the National Society of Black Engineers Club, the Asian-Pacific Forum Club and the Vietnamese-American Cadet Association. Other colleges suspended a ceremony marking the Lunar New Year, canceled a forum on race and ended degree requirements for students to take classes touching on D.E.I. to graduate. The letter on Friday specified that even graduation ceremonies that honored Black students separately from larger commencement ceremonies, for example, could be considered discriminatory. “In a shameful echo of a darker period in this country’s history,” Mr. Trainor wrote, “many American schools and universities even encourage segregation by race at graduation ceremonies and in dormitories and other facilities.”
March 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Cultural Graduation Ceremonies Move Off Campus as Colleges Step Back
#AffinityGraduation #DEIPolicies #BlackGraduation #LGBTQGraduation #GraduationTraditions #CulturalCelebration #EducationEquity #HarvardNews #UniversityProtests #StudentActivism #DiversityMatters #CollegeGraduation2025
Students Keep Cultural Graduation Traditions Alive After Campus Bans
As DEI Policies Face Political Pushback, Students Fight to Keep Cultural Graduation Traditions Alive Across the U.S., colleges are canceling
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May 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM