Kristen Clarke, the Biden administration’s civil rights chief, condemned hate-based violence in a Columbia Law School commencement speech Monday in New York.
“Justice is working tirelessly to prosecute hate crimes,” Clarke, an assistant attorney general, said. “White supremacy, antisemitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia, hate-fueled violence has no place in our country, period.”
Clarke’s comments came as pro-Palestine protests have roiled campus life at Columbia and other prominent universities. Columbia earlier this month canceled its main graduation ceremony, while the law school moved its commencement event to an athletic center more than five miles uptown.
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