Duke University ENDS full-ride scholarship program for select Black students in wake of affirmative action ruling

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

As an alumni of one of the schools on that list

Me too.

...that's not true. Academic admin leadership is full of liberals, this is readily documented.

LIBERALS. Not LEFTISTS.

There's a difference between a typical university liberal and the extremist leftists in other parts of the universities, with less power. Earlier this week Harvard and multiple other universities announced they're moving back to standardized tests for admissions. A clear reversal of the policy to get rid of them, which was heavily influenced by extremist leftists who are so far gone they think math is racist. We're not seeing a rebuke of liberalism, we're seeing a rebuke of extremism.

This was my point entirely.

In terms of the scholarship program...we all saw this coming. These elite institutions largely exist to create elite people who run corporations and our government. And while that program certainly helped a handful of non-rich black people get into the school, I'm not sure it was enough to really matter beyond individual success stories.

uh.

what?

Why should this just be shrugged off? I want qualified black candidates EVERYWHERE, including elite spaces.

Regular black people have opportunity at multiple non-Ivy or elite universities that will get you a great job, great alumni base, and great networks.

Well go start that thread. Because they’re getting rid of undergraduate black student groups, pipelines and programs there too. This one scholarship isn’t the extent of the attacks.

I'm certainly concerned about black scholarships being targeted in general, I'm just less focused on Duke. We need more black people, specifically black MEN, being interested in going to universities. Hell at this point we need them interested in community colleges as well. Something, anything.

Agreed, but I wholly support the notion of a black elite. I don’t trust anyone, at this point, who dismisses this in the face of clear evidence of it working for others.

There's a decline in white male enrollment too btw.

Is this really that important to you?

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I just thought of a good reason why we should create our own educational spaces outside of these colleges like duke

The world is globalized, okay maybe we won’t have the opportunity to work at certain companies or rub shoulders with certain people at these universities but that don’t mean we can’t leverage our own talents
It’s plenty of places in the world who could use educated folks for example, Africa wants to industrialize and improve the infrastructure
We can set up are own engineering firms, cybersecurity firms, consulting firms
And we can use the elite talents at these universities and cultivate our students
Yea it’s a sacrifice but I’d rather we put our energy in that instead of trying to continue to be accepted into other spaces cause they obviously not fukking with us

That’s how we dig ourselves up from being the underclass

you can’t start these companies with no education, then being hired, and trained in these jobs.

This isn’t like opening a barber ship.

You need elite training, elite staffing, and elite experience.

People who start these companies work at good firms then step out on their own. You don’t just START a fukking consulting or engineering or pharmaceutical company.

The people pushing this half-assed nonsense are in fields that you dont need actual education for or one in which you dont need to have proven your skills at another elite role.

 

[Mowgli]

All universities are considered liberal to you weirdos unless theyre teaching you that slavery was a job training program, climate change is a hoax, or whatever other brain dead shyt conservatards believe.

I'm going off an actual poll.

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all those social justice warriors standing down on this one.

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

this is an academic and hardship scholarship

It is but the schools use Black labor to excel in sports and get $$$$$.

I don't envision young Black athletes feeling the need to abandon the PWI's that are removing any DEI programs. It would be cool if they took a stand but it's not happening.

Average Black student doing this won't have the same impact as the McDonald's All-American PG saying "nope."

 

[ThatTruth777]

Con-servatives be like "I dunt care... if it has black in it, I'm against it!" Meanwhile.. "you see bofsides do the same thing and are the same because... because!"

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I'm going off an actual poll. Duke is 78 left and like 18 percent moderate.

all those social justice warriors standing down on this one.

They are “Black Lives Matter” left. Not “black panthers” left.

 

[Mowgli]

They are “Black Lives Matter” left. Not “black panthers” left.

So in your opinion one has to be a Communist to stand up?

 

[Gritsngravy]

you can’t start these companies with no education, then being hired, and trained in these jobs.

This isn’t like opening a barber ship.

You need elite training, elite staffing, and elite experience.

People who start these companies work at good firms then step out on their own. You don’t just START a fukking consulting or engineering or pharmaceutical company.

I didn’t say with no education, you educate outside of them so called elite colleges , reread the post

And Like I said before it’s thousands of colleges in America

And you start firms after you get practical experience, you get a couple of pe’s or whatever type of person who has a special license and start some shyt, you do not need to go to the best firms or whatever the fukk, it’s plenty of places that do work in all types of fields

I don’t understand how you can be up in arms about this but then try to blow off the idea of actually getting people to think about starting some shyt outside of the cracker dynamic or at least somewhat outside that dynamic

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

So in your opinion one has to be a Communist to stand up?

no. Jesus Christ.

are you even reading what I’m saying?

I’m saying that a lot of “liberals” are just against bad optics, not really just pro-black like that.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I didn’t say with no education, you educate outside of them so called elite colleges , reread the post

You can’t.

And Like I said before it’s thousands of colleges in America

Top engineering firms and banks don’t hire from non-elite schools.

And you start firms after you get practical experience,

WHO HIRES PEOPLE FROM NON-TARGET SCHOOLS?

you get a couple of pe’s or whatever type of person who has a special license and start some shyt, you do not need to go to the best firms or whatever the fukk, it’s plenty of places that do work in all types of fields

Good talent comes from good schools.

I don’t understand how you can be up in arms about this but then try to blow off the idea of actually getting people to think about starting some shyt outside of the cracker dynamic or at least somewhat outside that dynamic

I can tell you report to people at work, and not the other way around. Just simplicity and naivety in your responses here.

Thanks for being interested in this problem, but you don’t get the bigger picture.

 

[Mowgli]

no. Jesus Christ.

are you even reading what I’m saying?

I’m saying that a lot of “liberals” are just against bad optics, not really just pro-black like that.

I see so they just want a hug from the white man by feining some political allegiance. Hug over tangibles..

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Days like this, I wish Obama had not been elected. We lost so much in the backlash.

 

[Gritsngravy]

You can’t.

Top engineering firms and banks don’t hire from non-elite schools.

WHO HIRES PEOPLE FROM NON-TARGET SCHOOLS?

Good talent comes from good schools.

I can tell you report to people at work, and not the other way around. Just simplicity and naivety in your responses here.

Thanks for being interested in this problem, but you don’t get the bigger picture.

Go reread the post cause you don’t know what the fukk you talking about

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Go reread the post cause you don’t know what the fukk you talking about

you’re talking about just matter-of-factly starting pharmaceutical companies for shyts and giggles

The google story of making a billion out of a garage has fooled you all.

again, those were PhD students too.

You all are missing the bigger picture.

 

[Gritsngravy]

you’re talking about just matter-of-factly starting pharmaceutical companies for shyts and giggles

The google story of making a billion out of a garage has fooled you all.

again, those were PhD students too.

You all are missing the bigger picture.

again go reread the post cause you don’t know what you talking about