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Originally posted by shakran
THE AWARD AT THE SCHOOL WAS CLEARY INTENDED TO BE GIVEN TO A BLACK STUDENT WHATEVER TERM THEY USED TO DESCRIBE THE STUDENTS RACE.
Then the award was racist and shouldn't have been there. Listen, if we want to solve the race problems, we have to stop making such a damn big deal out of race. All this does is say "BLACK PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT! THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT! That's why we need a special award only for them!"
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That is fucking BULLSHIT! By that claim we should all be pissed whenever awards are given out to HANDICAPPED or people with disabilities.
I have been sitting here reading this entire thread and your statement above irked me. There are NUMEROUS awards given out to people who belong to different groups.
Why don't you go bitch about people given awards and scholarships because they are borth with a defect. Guess what, minorities are UNDER-REPRESENTED and are usually looked at differently in a way to promote diversity and the understanding of a different culture. And I'm sorry, if like someone described, there are 70 black students out of over 200-something then I'm sure they need something like this in their school.
So why is it "cute" and "great" when the mentally challenged boy gets an award, but when a minority who, like the handicapped boy can't help the way they were born, their skin color, gets an award it's "racist." PLEASE.
I just find it hilarious when white people in this country act like they are at SUCH a disadvantage and feel SO offended with the idea of minorities moving up in society. God FORBID the day there's a black president because we all know a black person could NEVER win legitimately; it'd have to definately be given to them. Anyways...
The fact of the matter is, everyone knows this punk ass kid was just trying to be a smart ass and didn't really want to be considered for this award.