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The story I read said $54K but a lot of the minority kids are there on scholarship. The fiasco all started because some alums and current students are complaining the school is going too far in their diversity efforts. The school was overwhelmingly White ten years ago now it's barely majority White. She was responding to them.
I have a son who graduated from there and another who may be there. It was, of course, majority White but not overwhelmingly so a decade ago.
I generally agree with free speech but this girl was clearly trying to provoke trouble. Standing up to alleged discrimination does not require you to stoop to their level. As the student president she should have been trying to set an example to ALL students instead of using her position to get even for alleged wrongs of the past.
So who's paying for Maya's outrageous tuition cost? Certainly, someone must be paying her tuition because if he family paid it she would be exactly what she's whining about... a rich fool. Someone must be helping this poor, downtrodden, helpless victim right?
For only $575 a day you too can help a Maya survive... please, think of the children.
Yea Maya, take that, take that.....and give us 42k a year...
Ahhh...yes....as Liberals would say..
"You have freedom of speech...but not without impunity"
/sarcasm
I don't agree with this....freedom of speech should be absolute.
I don't see what was said that was so bad. Could someone point it out to me? I looked for the offending quotes but did not see any that met the conditions of so called offensive comments.
I'm serious, many articles dance around the actual issue at hand and talk all around it. What was the offensive quote?
I don't see what was said that was so bad. Could someone point it out to me? I looked for the offending quotes but did not see any that met the conditions of so called offensive comments.
I'm serious, many articles dance around the actual issue at hand and talk all around it. What was the offensive quote?
Agreed, and it seems like too many commentators read the headline and not the article.
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It really depends on how a person are trying to stand up for what you believe in. There is true white pride, just as there is black pride, hispanic pride, etc. There's nothing wrong with being proud of who you are. There is, however, a big wrong in tearing down everyone else to make yourself feel better.
Let's see, if some white student body president wore a fake gold grill, got an afro pick, some fake tats, and did a c-walk on Instagram while eating fried chicken and watermelon, how would the black community react to his/her antics?
I don't see what was said that was so bad. Could someone point it out to me? I looked for the offending quotes but did not see any that met the conditions of so called offensive comments.
I'm serious, many articles dance around the actual issue at hand and talk all around it. What was the offensive quote?
Truthfully, i don't see what she said that was offensive at all. I can see how what she did manage to say ruffled some feathers, but that's about it.
But in any case, i'm not gonna get up in arms about nonsense at some prep school. Besides, she seems pretty happy with what she did or said and doesn't seem to mind resigning. Guess she feels that it was worth it.
Truthfully, i don't see what she said that was offensive at all. I can see how what she did manage to say ruffled some feathers, but that's about it.
But in any case, i'm not gonna get up in arms about nonsense at some prep school. Besides, she seems pretty happy with what she did or said and doesn't seem to mind resigning. Guess she feels that it was worth it.
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“I understand why I hurt people’s feelings, but I didn’t become president to make sure rich white guys had more representation on campus,” she said. “Let’s be honest. They’re not the ones that feel uncomfortable here.”
This was her problem. If you're elected Student Body President, you're elected to represent everybody on campus, not just the people you like and see eye-to-eye with. That she was openly biased against a large chunk of the student body and saw no problem with speaks volumes about her mindset.
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