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Originally posted by lurkette
As for black classmates "getting scholarships just for being black" this is such a myth. Give me the stats to back up your kneejerk reaction, or STFU. There are some cases in which black students get advantages, which are meant to level the playing field and make up for certain disadvantages.
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10 seconds of searching found:
http://www.free-4u.com/african.htm -- If you look at the scholarships, you'll see that most say "Applicant must be: Black"
Imagine the outrage if a scholarship said that an applicant must be white in order to be eligible. I bet you'd be pissed. Racism is racism regardless of the target.
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Bigotry has many defenders, apparently.
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Acknowledging that favoring people based on their skin color is wrong no matter what that color happens to be is "bigotry" in your mind?