1 . "In other words, whites are fully capable of competing for and receiving any of the other monies-, roughly 99.75 percent of all the bucks out there for college. But apparently, that's just not good enough for the likes of the BU Republicans."
This quote stood out to me because this is what this article is mainly about and I feel like whites are capable of recieving most scholarships. It is disturbing that people can actually complain about something like this.
2. "In truth, only 3.5 percent of college students of color receive any scholarship even partly based on race, suggesting that such programs remain a pathetically small piece of the financial aid picture in this country, irrespective of what a gaggle of reactionary white folks might believe."
This second quote stood out to me because what these people are argueing about isn't even worth it due to this fact.
3. "Of course, on an even more basic level, to complain about so-called unfair preferences for students of color, be it in terms of scholarships or affirmative action policies in admissions, is to ignore the many ways in which the nation's educational system provides unfair advantages to whites, from beginning to end."
This last quote stood out to me because it made me think of all that has been done wrong to african american in general with racism especially in schools. Being segregated, harassed, only being allowed to sit at the back of the bus and whatever else was done to them in the years of Martin Luther King Jr. This should not even be in the running for arguement with what they have been put through.
Nice response Janelle and good meaningful quotes! I am deffinetley on the same page as you and I also strongly feel that after all the struggles why should this now be taken away from African Americans? Especially since it's for education which is important and not money wasted.
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