Morehouse College President David A. Thomas said Thursday he would shut down commencement ceremonies “on the spot” rather than allow police to remove student protesters in zip ties during President Joe Biden’s graduation speech.
Thomas said the college would allow silent, non-disruptive protest, even students turning their chairs or theirs backs on Biden – which, he said, would embarrass him.
“As long as you don’t conduct yourselves in a way that deprives others from being able to participate, consume and celebrate this moment,” said Thomas, who has led Morehouse since 2018.
“Silent protests. You want to walk across the stage in a piece of garment that identifies your moral connection to either side of this conflict because we also have Jewish students here, you can do that.”
They’ll be a lot of protests, but they’ll keep it civil
Those are the protests that have the largest impact. The news won’t have the salacious hook of violations to report, so they’ll be forced to report on the content of the protest itself.
That makes a lot more sense
They’ll be a lot of protests, but they’ll keep it civil
Those are the protests that have the largest impact. The news won’t have the salacious hook of violations to report, so they’ll be forced to report on the content of the protest itself.