Wichita State University Tech nixed a virtual commencement speech from Ivanka Trump because of the George Floyd protests, prompting Trump, a White House senior advisor and the president’s daughter, to decry “cancel culture” and “viewpoint discrimination.”
KEY FACTS
- Hours after WSU Tech announced that Ivanka Trump’s would give a commencement speech on Saturday, the university abruptly canceled her address.
- In response to complaints from some students and faculty, the university’s president Sheree Utash said the timing of the announcement was “insensitive” because of “social justice issues brought forth by George Floyd’s death.”