I paid student loans back for 10 years...so did my husband. So did a lot of Black, Asian and other people of color. My friend TR got a full scholorship to Princeton. He's African-American..but he also got a 1600 on his SAT's, and was an awesome Hockey player. (I'm part Algonquin indian. I'm enough to be classified and live on a reservation. My grandmother was called a half-breed and denied entry to restaurants, stores etc..Does this matter? Did I get a free ride? NO ) Income..not race is still the primary basis for financial aid. Yes, there is reverse discrimination. But it hardly compares to the discrimination aimed at non-whites for centuries. I'm sorry if you've been on the recieving end of some racial slurs. I've been there too. It just makes me that much more determined NOT to do the same back. Oh and by the way...the slurs hurled at me were by whites.
For those of you who don't know what I look like..I'm a very white looking white woman. I was called things because of my Indian blood, my religion (catholic...this happened in Southwest Missouri), and mostly because of the friendships I've had with people of other races. Am I touchy about this subject? Oh Yeah!!! It annoys me to think that people care more about skin color than what's inside a person. Same goes for looks. Beautiful people get away with more than ugly...thin more than fat..it's all the same and it's all WRONG!!! As Dogstar said..."we all bleed red and the color of our shells doesn't determine superiority or otherwise." It doesn't determine worth.