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Jon M. Chu’s Commencement Speech Canceled by USC Amid Valedictorian Controversy
Jon M. Chu, along with other outside speakers and honorees, has been released from speaking at the USC 2024 commencement ceremony.
This includes “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu, who was slated as commencement speaker, and honorary degree recipients Billie Jean King, Maria Rosario Jackson and Marcia McNutt. This announcement came less than a week after USC sparked controversy by barring its valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, a first-generation South-Asian American Muslim student, from delivering her commencement address. In an official response from Tabassum, she stated, “I am both shocked by this decision and profoundly disappointed that the university is succumbing to a campaign of hate meant to silence my voice.
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