# Racialism
She's a liberal icon and the nation's first female secretary of state, but not everyone at the University of California is thrilled that "white feminist and facilitator of repeated genocide" Madeleine Albright is lined up to deliver next month's commencement address.
In claremont, California all-female Scripps school officials announced albright will soon after talking to graduates, a school newspaper article scoffed at the Czech republic born diplomat complexion and previous policy stance, other students also published their concerns, according to claremont independent reports on social media.
"Just out of curiosity, does anyone know how many [people of color] we have as speakers at Scripps? "One student asked. Albright, 78, worked for the National Security Council during President Jimmy Carter's administration, later taught international affairs at Georgetown University and was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations before being named secretary of state by then-President Bill Clinton. In 1996.
"We are proud to welcome Dr. Albright to Scripps College and eagerly look forward to seeing the person 'behind the scenes' in her history-making role as the nation's first female secretary of state," read the announcement from the school president's office, which sparked controversy.
The article in The Student Life describes Albright as a "white feminist and promoter of repeated genocidations" for supporting military intervention in The Balkans as Secretary of state and for not doing more to stop The Rwandan genocide during her tenure at The United Nations.