Besides the main commencement ceremonies, there are some other graduation events that seem to be...well, more discriminating:
The Rainbow Graduation Celebration, taking place Thursday, ... in the (redacted), is a time for the queer, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, intersex, questioning, same-gender-loving people and their friends, family, and allies of (redacted) University to come together to celebrate the accomplishments of the last year and to recognize those moving on to the next chapter in their lives.What, no feminist gathering? No Wiccans?
The Asian Pacific Islander Graduation Celebration, taking place Friday, ... in the (redacted), complements the main commencement in that it specifically acknowledges and celebrates Pacific Islander/Asian American graduates and their families.
The 28th Annual Raza Graduation Celebration takes place Friday, ... in the (redacted). Each year graduating (redacted) University students of Native American, Latino or Chicano heritage gather for the La Raza graduation. Many of the graduates participating in the La Raza ceremony are first-generation college grads, and this special celebration allows them to personally thank those who have gone out of their way to work with the students and help them achieve their goal of a college degree.
The 19th Annual Black Graduation Celebration, taking place Friday, ... at the (redacted), is an opportunity for the University to acknowledge the achievements of African-American students, and for the students to thank their families, friends, faculty and mentors.
So, basically if you're a white, non-confused heterosexual, you're screwed. You're not going to get any special graduation celebrations outside of the main commencement ceremony. After all, you've been so busy discriminating against everyone else and stickin' it to the little guy you really don't deserve any special attention.
Isn't it funny that the same liberals who demand tolerance and acceptance are so quick to separate us by race or other arbitrary category?
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Reminds me of an elegant essay written in the Chronicle of Higher Education by an Assistant Professor who happens to be black.
http://chronicle.com/article/Visible-Man/46510/
Key paragraph re: Black Commencement: "I knew that the ceremony, like Kwanzaa, would be largely African-themed, but that was not what concerned me most. What concerned me was that, after so recently celebrating our country's staunchest promoter of integration, I was being asked to celebrate segregation, to teach our students, in essence, that to derive meaning from what King preached was our most meaningless trait of all."
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