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‘Too Much Brown’: NYU graduation video draws backlash
The video, posted on NYU’s official account, showed several graduates speaking about their new roles at tech companies.
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Malvika Choudhary - Fri, 15, Aug 2025
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Screen grab from video by NYU Tandon School of Engineering showcasing students securing jobs / Instagram (NYU school of Engineering)
A New York University (NYU) graduation video celebrating students securing jobs immediately after completing their degrees sparked a heated debate online, with some social media users alleging that most of the featured graduates were not American.
The video, posted on NYU’s official social media account, showed several graduates speaking about their new roles at companies such as Google, Amazon, and Apple. The students were not identified by name, and viewers made assumptions about their backgrounds based on their appearance and accents.
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The clip was captioned, “NYU just posted a video of where their graduates are heading to work after college. Anyone notice anything in this video?” — a framing some described as intended to provoke outrage.
Several commenters claimed that “all of them were Indians,” while others said the group appeared to be predominantly Asian and that many could be America-born children of immigrants.
Reactions ranged from criticism to defense. “All the Indians are from India with accents not American born and they’re taking jobs away from American born graduates,” one user wrote. Another remarked, “Too much brown. And a lot of purple,” referring to NYU’s graduation robes. Some questioned how international students gained admission to elite U.S. institutions and secured jobs at top firms.
“Can someone please explain how these foreigners get into this school… I was born in Brooklyn, I can’t even get a job at Burger King,” one post read. Another asked, “Why is America educating its enemies? I’ve heard that they also get scholarships and aid. What are we doing here?”
Other users defended the graduates. “Nice dog whistle. The reason the US is an economic powerhouse is because of its cognitively elite immigrants. But yeah, keep being mad at them,” one commenter wrote. Some also noted the graduates’ concentration in a limited range of industries, raising questions about diversity in career choices.
The debate comes amid ongoing public scrutiny over hiring patterns and H-1B visas, especially in the technology sector, which has seen large-scale layoffs this year.
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