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Originally posted by ladysycamore
Because for 8 years, that school had NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER acknowledging black students doing well. And let's face it: this school is in OMAHA, Nebraska, with only 56 black students in it (out of over 1600). You honestly think that if they decide to make an award for all students, that there isn't a chance that a black student would not be overlooked (and some lame ass excuse used for WHY they were overlooked)?
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WTF is this shit? Assumptionmatic? Are you MsCleo all of a sudden? You can see all the alternate realities?
I dare say that if the kid had a 4.00 GPA, he'd not be overlooked. Black kids were not overlooked in the schools I went to.
If you said "The kid was overlooked." I'd say yeah...that sucks. We'll have to fix that.
But thats not the case.
By the way, having a black only prize implies that they're inferior to whites and need thier own special little award. Frankly, if I was black, I'd hate that and find it offensive. I don't get "special" grades on my English papers due to it being my 3rd language or because I'm Russian. If I did, I'd be pissed.
Oh and here's the other group who have their own special awards:
http://www.funfreepages.com/prize/
Academic Achievment awards are always given out based on just that. They were in Australia, and they were in the highschool that I went to (Radnor HS), and get this, we had 2 awards go to black kids without any special rule existing. They were just damn smart and worked their asses off. Oh yeah and I was fairly good friends with one of them...he helped me out on a few tests..