{"id":32964,"date":"2019-05-30T23:19:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T03:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?p=32964"},"modified":"2019-05-30T23:20:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T03:20:25","slug":"elective-blacks-only-grad-ceremonies-divide-races-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2019\/05\/30\/elective-blacks-only-grad-ceremonies-divide-races-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Elective Blacks-Only Grad Ceremonies Divide Races, Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With colleges and universities in the midst of graduating their senior classes, many are holding segregated ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/red-alert-politics\/more-than-75-colleges-host-blacks-only-graduation-ceremonies?_amp=true&amp;fbclid=IwAR0v0-D4t1UoWyWcqCbRvz34wKfQQ8__7V3wKL5XgV0_eFE9zxzBRJWU7j8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> <\/strong>by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, over 75 schools are holding special commencement ceremonies for their black graduates.<\/p>\n<p>Among the schools with separate ceremonies are Ivy League institutions such as Harvard and Yale as well as University of California Berkeley and Arizona State University.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/project-21\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3170 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/project21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/Richard-Holt-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"163\" \/>Project 21<\/a> <\/strong>member <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/project21\/staff\/richard-holt\/\">Richard Holt<\/a> <\/strong>condemns the idea of holding race-exclusive ceremonies.\u00a0 He says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Things like this are why there&#8217;s a rise in white nationalism. Race-exclusive clubs, ceremonies, societies and the elitism they bring hurt the true American spirit and create artificial divides in our culture.<\/p>\n<p>Race is purely a sociological construct used to manipulate and divide the public. We are one people. Any other thought, belief, agenda or suggestion otherwise is evil, unscientific, decisive, un-American and wrong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With colleges and universities in the midst of graduating their senior classes, many are holding segregated ceremonies. According to a report by the Washington Examiner, over 75 schools are holding special commencement ceremonies for their black graduates. 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