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Re: White Student Returns Black Student Scholarshi

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No, it is NOT reverse racism.

The NAACP was formed back in the day when there was nothing to help people of color.

And regarding the theme of the thread...if anyone read the comments at the end of the article, they would see that several people said that the award should not have been based on race, and that the young White male should have received the scholarship...

And they began their comments by saying, "I am Black, but..."
I, for one understand that these organizations were necessary - very much so, at one time.

That all races are starting to understand we have outgrown those divisions of the past is also a good thing. I do not believe the NAACP started out as anything less than a good and noble thing.
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