First White Valedictorian at Morehouse

[Kenshinsan]

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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) – Joshua Packwood knows what it’s like to be a minority.
This weekend he’ll be the first white valedictorian to graduate from the historically black, all male Morehouse College in the school’s 141-year history.</p>

<p>Morehouse, in Atlanta, Georgia, is one the nation’s most prestigious universities of its kind. For more than a century, the school has prided itself on personifying the dream of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the school’s most notable alums, by producing “Morehouse Men” - intelligent and successful black leaders.

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<p>Thats just a snippet for those of you who didn’t feel like reading the whole thing. But this story brought the biggest smile to my face that I haven’t had in a long time. I especially like how he ended up at Goldman Sachs, DESPITE giving up a FULL SCHOLARSHIP to an Ivy, Columbia University. (shows a thing or two to those prestige whores out there :)) These are the type of things that I like to see. This is the New America to me.</p>

<p>But what do you guys think of the people, while they were just a few, that reacted negatively to this. What do you think this story says about this man, the student population, and the university as a whole?</p>

[barrons]

<p>Gbph…</p>

[mommusic]

<p>Good for him, I say.</p>

<p>The D of some friends of ours (white) went to a historically black college. She is interested in minority studies, esp. black history and women’s rights, and went to what she thought was the best place for her. She’s very bright and a good writer; she’ll likely occupy a unique place in her field some day.</p>