Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Betsy DeVos gets booed and graduates turn their backs to her in protest

Betsy DeVos went to Bethune-Cookman university, a historically Black college in Florida, to deliver the commencement speech and not only got heckled and booed, but also many of the graduates turned their backs on her. Things got so bad a university official had to take the microphone and tell the gradutes that "if this behavior continues, your degrees will be mailed to you." The graduates didn't care and they continued their protest.

Here is the video:


https://youtu.be/JmygRoVHxm4

This happens after Trump issued a racist statement last week warning Congress he would not follow the budget's mandate to use $20 million dollars for financial aid for Black colleges.

DeVos, by the way, has made some very ignorant remarks about Black colleges, claiming they were "pioneers" in school choice, when in reality they existed because Black people weren't allowed into other colleges because of racial segregation.


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