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Finally gettin' some decent debate up in hyuh. Not just shitty videos of extremest idiots, or middle class black conservatives trying to pass themselves off as welfare recipients. Keep it coming, you people are all making me feel stupid, and I love it!
I can't prove it, but jocks from my high school in a different city got into the university I applied to eight times up to and including an Associates Degree. Some of them had a full point lower GPA than I had. The minimum GPAs Junior College students needed to apply for any department I shot for did not apply to me. Eight applications with a GPA well above the minimum requirement and I was rejected each time.Quote:
Originally Posted by j_factor
I was eventually told that I needed a 3.2GPA or better, from one of the most difficult Junior Colleges in the country, to be accepted into any department. Then I started hiring employees from this university at the restaurant I ran. Discovering how they didn't study, did drugs, and went to parties every weekend was a real eye opener. It wasn't just about race either, I couldn't figure it all out, but hispanics, blacks, asians and wealthy white kids were definitely getting in a lot faster than lower income white males that I knew. Ultimately I just went to another college to finish my bachelors and most of my masters.
I was told by a number of guidance councilors at that other university that I would need to have a much higher GPA than the usual minimum acceptance point average. By the time I actually bested that point average I had a family and was completely sick of the entire system.
After 30+ years of this world and it's people I have come to an interesting conclusion. People like to hate.
I agree. Unfortunately hatred comes in all political spectrums and it does nothing but keep us divided. Hatred against one another can be something a person can lust after. I see it as a gross waste of brain activity.Quote:
Originally Posted by old man
And that's why I respect your input. What you just said makes a lot of sense. That's why I used Malala Yousafzai as an example of things done right.Quote:
Originally Posted by j_factor
Well, obviously I'm not privy to the exact circumstances here or the inner workings of the school, but, GPA really isn't the only factor in admissions. From what I gather, the ability to pay (either because you're wealthy or you have a good scholarship) carries a lot of weight. Your major can also make a difference, depending on demand versus capacity for that major. Then there's things like test scores, whether you took AP classes, etc. State universities get more tuition from out of state students, so it's probably a bit easier for them. Jocks get to skate by because there's incredible favoritism towards sports.Quote:
Originally Posted by sheath
Question. If someone dislikes and criticizes president Obama and Obama Care, does that automatically make that person a racist?
Negative.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lan Di
Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crystalpepsifan
Of course not. But making racist statements, and then hiding behind "just because I don't like Obama!" once called out on it, doesn't fly either. That is something I have encountered more than once. And people who try to insist that there is no element of racism whatsoever from any Obama critics are delusional at best. Much of the more fanatical anti-Obama stuff, such as birtherism, is clearly grounded in prejudice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lan Di
I agree that birther stuff is futile and just plain dumb. I don't like it when people say "go back to Kenya". I see it all the time it it bothers me. Hey j-factor, do you mind giving an example of what the racist statement was besides the birther comment?Quote:
Originally Posted by j_factor
A lot of the personal attacks that are directed at him, not about his policies or his actions as president, sound like thinly veiled racism to me. "He's not one of us." That and calling him a "thug" all the time. Claiming that he's in bed with Louis Farrakhan or linking him to the New Black Panther Party. When Colin Powell endorsed Obama -- and clearly explained his reasons for doing so -- there were a lot of dismissive comments that it's just because he's black.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lan Di
Barak 'HUSSEIN' Obama<extra inflection on the Hussein part> is not one of us.
That Spy is not one of us!Quote:
Originally Posted by Crystalpepsifan
The irrefutable truth regarding President Obama's 2014 state of the union address and poor blacks in Chicago. "Hope and change, Yes we can".......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7mYg6Gt15o
The brotha can have my phone data, so long as he don't drone strike my wedding this summer.