Instead, what this was yet another step away from a truly inclusive society and into the middle of a racial and gender identity-politics minefield. Imagine if the blacks-only convocation were the university’s idea rather than the students’. Imagine if the UofT told black students they could only attend their own segregated ceremony. The UofT black convocation isn’t even in the same league as comments posted to Facebook last week by Johnny Eric Williams, a professor at Connecticut’s Trinity College. Most graduates would have been willing to have a black convocation only because they were not afraid of repercussions ranging from scorn to criticism and threats.

Source: Daily Sun June 24, 2017 22:18 UTC