Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, is holding five separate graduation celebrations for students identifying as Asian, Black, Latino/a/x, Native American, or LGBT. A “Lavender Graduation” is to be held specifically for LGBT students and honor “a member of the LGBTQIA+ community … who has excelled in leadership and academically during their time at Grand Valley.”
From The Blaze:
The "Lavender" and race-based graduations at GSVU are offered in addition to university commencement ceremonies for the colleges of education, engineering and computer science, interdisciplinary studies, business, health professions, nursing, and liberal arts and sciences. Presumably, as long as there is no time conflict, both undergraduate and graduate students may participate in several graduation ceremonies and celebrations in the same weekend to acknowledge all of their academic accomplishments as well as their racial, gender, or sexual identities. As Matt Walsh of the Daily Wire notes, however, "straight white people" will enjoy no such identity-based "special celebrations."
