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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yet some folks are cheering them saying yes, what a great idea yet Dr. Martin Luther King said

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Yet the black community, the hispanic community continue to push separate things as the first this the first that instead of just talking about the accomplishment.

Well done[/quote]

The day Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. looked to, when people wouldn't be judged by the color of their skin, has yet to come. Until then, it makes perfect sense to me that racial and ethnic minorities would want to congregate with others in their group. [/quote]

I am having a hard time feeling sympathy for African Americans, or anyone really, bitching about being disadvantaged by graduating from Harvard.[/quote]

Perhaps you went to a small college but as another PP mentioned smaller graduations are common in big schools.  I went to Michigan in the 90s and I was invited to 3 graduations.  The main one, one for Asian Studies and one for Political Science.
There are many ways to slice a large population.  So as others have said people are reading something into this that isn't there.  Another PP mentioned there has been am Asian Student graduation for years.  Maybe ask for a list of all the smaller ceremonies before assuming that this is about African American are bitching about being disadvantaged.  [/quote]

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