I didn't want to put this in the "Trigger warnings" thread, so I figured that this would be as good of a place as any.
A group at the University of Madision - Wisconsin is recommending that black students be able to attend college free. No room/board, no tuition, zero fees. The reasoning behind it? Blacks were banned from the University during the slavery era.
I did laugh at the random Chinese grad student at the end of the article. "Why would I want something for free? Why shouldn't I have to work for it?" Better watch out bro, some folks are going to be super pissed.
But the whole reparations thing has always been interesting to me. Slavery has been banned since 1865. I understand segregation lasted until 1964, almost 100 years later. And I know that racism still exists today.
But how long should someone pay for the sins of the past? Literally no on living in the United States now has owned a slave.
A group at the University of Madision - Wisconsin is recommending that black students be able to attend college free. No room/board, no tuition, zero fees. The reasoning behind it? Blacks were banned from the University during the slavery era.
I did laugh at the random Chinese grad student at the end of the article. "Why would I want something for free? Why shouldn't I have to work for it?" Better watch out bro, some folks are going to be super pissed.
But the whole reparations thing has always been interesting to me. Slavery has been banned since 1865. I understand segregation lasted until 1964, almost 100 years later. And I know that racism still exists today.
But how long should someone pay for the sins of the past? Literally no on living in the United States now has owned a slave.
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