‘All about me!’: College grad’s mic drop goes viral after scuffle with educator
A black college graduate’s mic drop moment has gone viral in a video showing her grabbing the microphone from a white educator.
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A black college graduate’s mic drop moment in the US has gone viral in a video showing her grabbing the microphone from a white educator who apparently didn’t allow her to say her full name.
Kadia Iman, a digital creator with an OnlyFans account and more than 18,000 followers on TikTok, is seen snatching the mic from the stunned white woman, who tries in vain to keep holding it, the NY Post reports.
“I want the mic! Let go! You didn’t let me get my moment,” she said before mentioning her name to the audience gathered outside.
“I’m graduating today. I don’t like how you snatched the mic out of my hand, so today is going to be all about me!”
The graduate, clad in a pink-topped cap and black gown, then drops the mic and storms off.
A bystander is heard saying, “Oh! Drops the mic! Congratulations!”
It wasn’t immediately unclear what college she graduated from.
In a separate video, she explained what happened.
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“Basically, what happened was I was walking on and we had to say our names before we get on the stage,” she says in the clip.
“So I was saying my name and she literally — my name is long, obviously, I have like three syllables in my name.
“So, I didn’t even get to finish saying my name, and then the people that went before me, they all got to say their name, their major, and even extras.
“Me and another girl noticed that she was pulling the mic down super fast for some black people — I don’t want to be that person, so I just couldn’t let her … I just couldn’t let that happen.
“I just feel like I worked so hard to graduate and went through so much s**t to graduate that I just felt like I had to reclaim my moment. I’m sorry. I’m not a problematic person. I don’t want to ruin no one’s day.”
The video received thousands of comments from people who offered their congratulations.
“The tussling for mic killed me congrats tho,” one said.
“Congratulations queen but the security doing nothing is killing me,” another wrote.
Many simply wrote, “Period!”
Efforts by The Post to reach Ms Iman on social media were not immediately successful.
This article originally appeared on NY Post and was reproduced with permission
Originally published as ‘All about me!’: College grad’s mic drop goes viral after scuffle with educator
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