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Originally Posted by Declyn
in a way being male and white is like one of the worst things ever... i could not get one red cent in the financial aid department when i was trying to go to college.
but a buddy of mine whose father had the same job as my dad and about the same years of service at work as my dad, and (his mom worked where mine did not) was able to get a full ride. he was 'mixed' father was black, mother was white.
i asked if his ride was grades based and he told me no his grades were border line at best. he totally agreed it was because he was listed as black on the application forms.
several of my other friends are american indian... they got full rides, although they had to go to either oklahoma or kansas to get it. according to them as long as you could prove you are 1/8th american indian they get free medical care, and free schooling.
none of my friends nor their families had been oppressed none of them came from poor families. we were all middle-ish class families.
all of us were about the same grade wise. yet i had to take out tons of loans, my dad took out loans, and i worked 30 hours a week to afford to got to college.
my friends? didnt work... and didnt owe a cent when they graduated college.
i owed tens of thousands of dollars.
now tell me... who is getting the short end of the stick?
btw my other white male friend whose situation was the same as mine but he is 1 year older than me (im 35) is STILL paying on his student loans every month.
the only reason i am not is i cashed in my 401k years ago to help get rid of them and get some relief from the financial burden my student loans were putting on me.
i think eventually someone needs to point out the inequalities of being a white male.
i also think that the 'spirit' of some of these 'privileges' that has been set aside to help out has been lost.
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ya but you see... the blacks are owed this because our great great great great great great grand pappies was beatin them and makin em work da fields..... and the indians are owed this because our great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grand pappies from overseas came over and took the indians land....
i actually heard this from a girl who worked at collin county college office in the student loan dept.... who was explaining the situation on why not every one is equal in this country now..... hooraay.
now....if we could only get back at those dinasaurs for trying to eat us long ago, the white man could have something to bitch about i guess ?