<p>In response to your last post on page 3:*Quote me where I’ve discussed the history of Black injustices in my post directed towards you in this specific thread. Also, please explain to me how I’ve offered an excuse. Perhaps you have allowed my previous personal references of being poor and black clout your argument. Let me reiterate that I favor socioeconomic AA above the current flawed and inefficient policy. If I’ve had it better, anyone from inner-cities like NY for that matter, than someone else elsewhere, then by God, bless them. That’s not my argument.</p>
<p>If you aren’t a token, neither am I, nor our fellow Black peers going to elite colleges.*</p>
<p>You will never ever know how many opportunities were delegated to you because of the color of your skin and that’s a fact. To suggest otherwise and deny that is foolish on your part.*</p>
<p>I will also be just as qualified, if not overqualified, when looked at amongst my peers. What exactly is your definition of qualified? Don’t give me merriam-Webster.</p>
<p>I appreciate your wishes and I, too, wish you luck. However, I know that I belong where I am and deserve to be there. I will thrive despite criticism and I will succeed to be the beacon for the students who were told they were less than and that failure is imminent.</p>
<p>I’ll be competitive in the classroom, as I always have been. My instructors will grade me with the same honesty as they always have, well I hope. And for that, I’m grateful for the opportunity.</p>
<p>“The prejudice, self-doubt and struggle” is imminent for every college freshman. I am no different and I welcome that notion. I’ve never seen enough of it. i’m used to it, despite what others may believe. I get a high off of doubt, so that actually makes me want to perform to a higher degree. And I will.</p>