Lol, my pity party. I damn sure wouldn't come here looking for pity. Yall don't have tits, though I do detect a bunch of pussy.
you seem like the most level headed person here, so i have a racist or not question for you, tell me if im overreacting as I said in another thread, my nephew is graduating from catholic high in new iberia. now I m going to his graduation, so I told my ceo and other folks here at work I was going on vacation a few days. They asked if is going to college and I said yes, they say where, so I told them he is deciding, he got full scholarships to Dillard, Seton Hall, Albany NY, Rice, SMU, he wants to be a surgeon. They immediately ask if he plays some sort of sport on hearing that answer.
It could be a racist question, implying that for him to be given so many collegiate offers, he must be getting an athletic scholarship. That brings up another interesting point, though. I sometimes read on message boards about a guy getting into college on an athletic scholarship when "he shouldn't be able to get into college at all." I read this to mean his ACT scores/high school grades and classes wouldn't normally make the cut. I see no problem whatsoever in allowing less-qualified students to receive athletic scholarships, however, because many times, that may be that person's ticket out of poverty, and once that person breaks free of poverty, there is a good chance his children and his children's children and so forth will not be impoverished after that. This still isn't racial, though. My dad came from, for lack of better wording, poor white trash. He was offered a football scholarship, but he was in no way even close to being academically ready or qualified for college. He had no idea how college even worked; there was no one to tell him about it; no one in his entire family, immediate or extended, had ever been to college. But he went, and even though he didn't graduate after playing 4 years of football, he eventually went back and finished his degree before I was born. He is the only of his five siblings to go to college, and I am one of only two college graduates among my 12 cousins on that side of the family. And my children will go to college, and their children will go to college. So, it grinds my gears when I hear others (who don't understand poverty and its connection to education) resent athletes for being given an opportunity for the American dream. It's a path, and that's what every kid needs.
I agree with that, its a world they never would be apart of without the athletic scholarship, so its a leg up
It should never be forgotten. Neither should it be baggage that you must carry forever. Part of assimilation is letting go of some things that set you apart. You can't and have no reason to let go of your color, your heritage, or your history. But maybe the lingering rage at the injustices of the past is heavy baggage. Leaving it behind might provide much "elevation". I do not suggest that injustices of the present do not deserve some properly directed rage. Very true and I believe most people realize this. It is the very reason that affirmative action and racial quotas still exist. But there are other issues at play besides racism that cannot be swept under the rug, in all fairness. This may be a vital point. Many people just don't know any better and it is difficult for many of us to understand how that can be in this day and age. Despite enactment of civil rights, the free educational opportunities that have been offered, despite affirmative action and dozens of federal programs designed to address this ignorance, it still exists. What else is going on there? How do we help the ignorant?
Thats probably an example of prejudice rather than racism. They assumed that because your nephew is African American that he must be going to college on an athletic scholarship. But they were probably glad for him to be able to go to college. A true racist would be against a black person even having the opportunity to advance himself by going to college.
By listening to the grievances and you dont have to apologize for them, but simply lend an ear and say i understand how you are feeling, but let me help you learn, go to school, learn the system, get better educated, here are the programs you need to be in, etc. Because i can tell you blacks feel like that people are writing them off or saying get over it or using excuses for their behavior and some are, but the majority just want people to listen and offer solutions that dont denigrate them further.
this is probably true and the fact that I have athletic family they could assume sports, so I didnt get worked up about it at all
Rice. Its kind of a unique school for very bright kids. Funny, I don't associate Dillard, Rice, or NYUA with sports at all. I might ask about basketball if I hear Seton Hall or football if SMU. I think both your colleagues and myself are bunch of wholehearted bigoted racists of the palest shade of gray. I think you should rage at this injustice for about four nanoseconds and then drop this baggage forever. Amen. Honestly, this is a time for witty remarks that leave them wondering if their intellect has been insulted or not.
