Barney Frank shocks graduation ceremony by telling black student: 'You can wear this hoodie and no one will shoot at you'

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Audiences at a graduation ceremony were left aghast when Congressman Barney Frank told a black degree recipient that his graduation gown finally gave him a hoodie that he could wear 'and no one will shoot at you'.

The Democrat made the controversial remarks while speaking at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth graduation on Sunday.

Frank was one of two people to receive the Chancellor's Distinguished Service Medal at the event.