Black kid gets into college, /r/news is not happy. (self.SubredditDrama)
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sighs I was hoping he wasn't going to be black.
Oh my god. As a black redditor I better stop reading now before my blood pressure goes up.
41 comments submitted at 15:01:18 on Apr 1, 2014 by SpiralSoul
Now that is a thread full of racists.
It's racist not to pretend that skin color isn't a factor in college admissions?
The amount of black people that benefit from this type of thing is so minimal that it has no impact on white people as a group. A handful of white students will have to go to a different ivy league school or one that is almost, but not quite ivy league. It's hardly racist and is basically necessary to increase diversity and promote education for black students.
> The amount of black people that benefit from this type of thing is so minimal that it has no impact on white people as a group.
I'm not in on recent studies with AA so I really would like to see citation for this. Don't misunderstand me, I really am actually interested in how the numbers break down.
If what you're saying is true, then without affirmative action to force "diversity" (because we all know the only diversity that matters is having the right amount of people with different skin colors,) the handful of more-qualified white and Asian students would be in the ivy league schools and the handful of black students would have to go to a different ivy league school or one that is almost, but not quite ivy league.
Listen, I'm sure arguing about race based social inequality would not be a fruitful path with you so I'm just going to call you a shithead and get on with my day. Shithead.
SRS school of debate graduate right here
Right in my feels.
>The amount of black people that benefit from this type of thing is so minimal that it has no impact on white people as a group.
http://i.imgur.com/EQBYbti.jpg
Those numbers are not minimal. If you're going to combat racism, at least make sure your numbers are accurate.
What is this from?
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, about 14% of college students are black. A little over 60% are white. Even with a high number of black students getting preferential treatment, they still take an extremely low number of available spots.
It's racist to bitch about it without cause. It's pretty clear this kid has worked his ass off to get where he is at. Even if he did get a slight boost due to AA, it is racist to then completely disregard the skills and talent he likely has. Hell, even applying to 8 colleges is more than my cracker ass did. If you see this story and can only think to rag on the kid cause of his race, then yes that shit's racist as fuck.
I really do not agree that not ignoring the fact that he was given preferential treatment on the basis of race can be construed as racist. Acknowledging the effects of race-based policies is not racist, as they are facts.
That is not what is happening here. People are getting bitchy because the kid is black. They are simply using Affirmative Action to perpetuate the myth of the persecution of white people. They don't know shit about the kid other than the color of his skin and what was said in the article. They are choosing to ignore the later and focus exclusively on the former. It doesn't matter to them that he is clearly intelligent and skilled. What matters is that he's black and might have slightly benefited from a program that doesn't affect anyone else.
These people are acting like whiny racist shits.
>These people are acting like whiny racist shits.
Would you be saying the same if it were Asians complaining about white people getting more opportunities for less effort?
If they read an article about a white person being accepted to a lot of colleges and there first thought was "I hate that this successful person is white." Then yes.
I see a single person who says "sighs I was hoping he wasn't going to be black." With a total score of 45. You're seeing racism because you want to see racism.
>You knew he would be. Ivy league universities (and major employers) are bending over backwards and going out of their way to attract and enroll educated children of diverse backgrounds, especially POC. These univiersities have 'racial quotas' they are pressured to meet, so no surprise this kid was accepted to every single ivy-league school in the country; he is a hot commodity. Not to say he isn't a smart or driven young kid, but that is a bit much.
No, but saying he got in to all of them only because of an illegal form of Affirmative Action....das racist.
I don't know that misunderstanding the way affirmative action works is "racist" either.
Assume the black kid only got in because of it is doe.
Are we really going to pretend that he would have been accepted to every Ivy League school had it not been for his race?
Or if enough people apply to ivy leagues and enough apply to all ivy leagues, the chances of one person being admitted to all 8 would be too uncommon, but statistics don't real I guess....
It would be extremely uncommon. And the phenomenon would be literally non-existent for both white and Asian students. And to pretend otherwise is willful blindness.
Around 200,000 apply each year to each school, the chances that you get into all is slim. But the chances that atleast one person out of the thousands that apply gets accepted to all is pretty good. It likes hitting a dart board, your chances of hitting a partcular point is little, but hitting the dart board is almost one, if your good.
The chances that a black or hispanic student gets into all is slim. The chances that a white or Asian student gets into all is nil. You're intentionally sidestepping that point.
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They want to blame the black man for all of their failures in life. Literally, the only reason they couldn't get into a good school is because the blacks took all the slots. I ended up getting banned from that godawful subreddit for telling a white supremacist to castrate and/or kill himself.
>I ended up getting banned from that godawful subreddit for telling a white supremacist to castrate and/or kill himself.
No shit, I would have banned you too. I'd rather have a racist on my sub than a full-blown psychopath that encourages other people to commit suicide.
Yeah, that's kinda fucked up.
You're a moron if you think they're being racist. It's fucking true. The dumb nigger wouldn't have gotten into these schools if he were white. The statistics don't lie.