The administration is seeking a Justice Department inquiry into affirmative-action admissions policieshttp://nyti.ms/2uX5aBV
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The world is coming to an end
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No more black privilege?
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Maybe I've been in the Twilight Zone but remind me. When have black ppl been Privileged

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What do you think Affirmative Action is? Promoting people for their race/skin color IS privilege. I grew up poor & white. I know.
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I wouldn't consider a handout privilege, it's sad that it has to come to that
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I grew up with NO welfare, NO Healthcare, NO food stamps, NO special treatment. Guess what. Adversity makes people stronger.
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Yep your right and you and I are living proof, nothing was handed to me either
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Resist using color as your advantage. It makes a person weak, not strong. I grew up small town, with no minorities, a level playing field.
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I had a 4.0 GPA, a 1360 SAT score (when it was out of 1600), and was rejected from 9 of the 11 schools I applied to...1/
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It really bothered me cause I couldnt figure out why. I did all the things my guidance counselor suggested, and I got bitter about it...2/
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All my friends got into their top choices but I couldn't figure out why not me. I did everything right. Clubs, sports, grades, etc. 3/
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Turns out I was so sure schools would accept me, I wrote a really arrogant and dogshit college essay. 4/
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Which turned out to be the best thing I could have done because it motivated me to work my butt off at Brooklyn College 5/
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And now I get paid to write stuff. But the point of my sharing is that despite getting rejected, I had plenty of opportunities to succeed 6/
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Thats the only part of my story where being white probably played a factor. The opportunities that continued to appear 7/
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I'm happy I read it until the end. A lot of ppl don't look at what they may have done to not get into schools or not get a job. Ty
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I feel like you could tweet this GIF daily in response to news about this administration, and it would work.

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