G
grant555
Hello,
There is no way out of discussing race because as a human race we haven't reach that point in elevation yet, which is the purpose of the post to begin with and not to pick a fight. The fact remains is that few if any white schools would have ever admitted or continue to admit minorities if they weren't pressured to do so(i.e. to have funding reduced or receive a black eye) pardon the pun. State schools face a similar plight in having to admit large numbers of in state students or face having valuable funding cut. History is clear on this. The civil rights movement started because of unfair treatment and not whining or harping on race.
Some of the comments here are troubling to me. Why would you call me a "troll"? That is very disturbing and I won't dwell on that. As far as funding, every school both private and state all receive federal funding, but are not equally funded. True, some of the burden falls on alumni,but tuition is increased mainly because of the lack of funding received from the above source. The operating cost must be made up somewhere, and the burden usually falls on the students.
Believe it or not, I am an optimist who wants to believe that race is not a factor, but that would mean shutting my eyes to the world I face. Discrimination is no excuse for failure. It is my hope, my intention,my duty to work to personally change the problems of African American dental schools. Ultimately, I feel that the responsibility is mine and that of all African Americans.
I apologize to all that were offended. But I proposition anyone to work to understand why I or any minority would feel that the road is extremely difficult for a minority.
As for myself, I make no excuses, but provide as many answers as I can. Those that I don't have(and I dont have them all) I work to find out.
To the last post, you bring light to the situation when you talk of answers, but the personal attacks do us all injustice.
Despite my optimism, I feel that there is no point to return to SDN until there is no name calling. I don't see the educational value in continuing the discussion if the post will continue to be filled with curt and derogatory comments towards myself. I feel as though the name calling are indications that I should not be here. I am completely disillusioned at anyone that results to name calling. Did I call anyone here a name or criticize his or her paragraph structure? No, nor will I ever. At this point, I resign my membership to SDN and remove my name from this forum. No one will hear of GRANT555 ever again. Is that easy enough to read? God speed.
There is no way out of discussing race because as a human race we haven't reach that point in elevation yet, which is the purpose of the post to begin with and not to pick a fight. The fact remains is that few if any white schools would have ever admitted or continue to admit minorities if they weren't pressured to do so(i.e. to have funding reduced or receive a black eye) pardon the pun. State schools face a similar plight in having to admit large numbers of in state students or face having valuable funding cut. History is clear on this. The civil rights movement started because of unfair treatment and not whining or harping on race.
Some of the comments here are troubling to me. Why would you call me a "troll"? That is very disturbing and I won't dwell on that. As far as funding, every school both private and state all receive federal funding, but are not equally funded. True, some of the burden falls on alumni,but tuition is increased mainly because of the lack of funding received from the above source. The operating cost must be made up somewhere, and the burden usually falls on the students.
Believe it or not, I am an optimist who wants to believe that race is not a factor, but that would mean shutting my eyes to the world I face. Discrimination is no excuse for failure. It is my hope, my intention,my duty to work to personally change the problems of African American dental schools. Ultimately, I feel that the responsibility is mine and that of all African Americans.
I apologize to all that were offended. But I proposition anyone to work to understand why I or any minority would feel that the road is extremely difficult for a minority.
As for myself, I make no excuses, but provide as many answers as I can. Those that I don't have(and I dont have them all) I work to find out.
To the last post, you bring light to the situation when you talk of answers, but the personal attacks do us all injustice.
Despite my optimism, I feel that there is no point to return to SDN until there is no name calling. I don't see the educational value in continuing the discussion if the post will continue to be filled with curt and derogatory comments towards myself. I feel as though the name calling are indications that I should not be here. I am completely disillusioned at anyone that results to name calling. Did I call anyone here a name or criticize his or her paragraph structure? No, nor will I ever. At this point, I resign my membership to SDN and remove my name from this forum. No one will hear of GRANT555 ever again. Is that easy enough to read? God speed.
