For those of you not forced to suffer through 8 hours of CNN a day at work, you may have missed this tidbit, but it pretty much had me RAGEing all Monday long
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Yeah, I needed a day to calm down in order to do it. *shudder*
Those comments and the whole "why should we be punished for things that happened in the past" ones are so annoying.
I've got a freakish amount of student loans, but I don't think I could have ever been convinced to do a white-only scholarship. Especially considering there are European ethnicity-based scholarships they could go for (I got ones from the ISDA because my parents are members...and none of us are Italian).
Especially considering there are European ethnicity-based scholarships they could go for (I got ones from the ISDA because my parents are members...and none of us are Italian).
That was actually my argument when my...acquaintance brought up the "no scholarships for being white!" bit. No, there's nothing that says "Caucasian only" but there are myriad scholarships out there if you can suss out which bit of Europe you came from and how far back it was.
"It's about time. Minorities own all the banks, businesses, and almost everything in this country. They write all of the laws, rules, regulations, and have written most of the history books. Buildings, schools, streets, and almost everything you can think of is named after minorities. Finally, something for us." --hook
This person really needs to see a doctor about those hallucinations.
If you think it is, consider that there are many blacks-only scholarships and there are even some blacks-only schools, like Morehouse. Is that racist too?"
I had a conversation that went something like that with my friend's boyfriend. I've been on decent terms with him for about a year, but I'm pretty sure that and the "Why can't I say 'retard' and 'gay' to mean stupid? It's part of pop culture and I'm just one person so it doesn't matter if I say them," line was about the point that I decided hell with it, I'm not accepting anyone's excuses about him anymore. He's just an ignorant douche.
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The comments over on that bastion of intelligence, The Frisky, are just as awesome. Cue a gazillion people going "It's only faaaaaaaair."
God it's so rough being a white middle class college student. Where's the money I'm owed??
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Those comments and the whole "why should we be punished for things that happened in the past" ones are so annoying.
I've got a freakish amount of student loans, but I don't think I could have ever been convinced to do a white-only scholarship. Especially considering there are European ethnicity-based scholarships they could go for (I got ones from the ISDA because my parents are members...and none of us are Italian).
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That was actually my argument when my...acquaintance brought up the "no scholarships for being white!" bit. No, there's nothing that says "Caucasian only" but there are myriad scholarships out there if you can suss out which bit of Europe you came from and how far back it was.
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This person really needs to see a doctor about those hallucinations.
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I had a conversation that went something like that with my friend's boyfriend. I've been on decent terms with him for about a year, but I'm pretty sure that and the "Why can't I say 'retard' and 'gay' to mean stupid? It's part of pop culture and I'm just one person so it doesn't matter if I say them," line was about the point that I decided hell with it, I'm not accepting anyone's excuses about him anymore. He's just an ignorant douche.
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