Response post

I am doing a response to Ebone’s college debate post.  She writes:

“This opinion is true, but considering the fact that most minority students can't afford elite institutions, it would be very hard to go to Harvard, Yale, etc. without being on a scholarship or ending up with a lifetime debt in loans. It's easier said than done and the reason elite schools don't have many minority students is not because they turn down admission, it's because most of them can't afford it!”

I agree with Ebone in this post.  Minority students are still finding it difficult to get a quality education.  She says that they find it hard to get into elite colleges because they are unable to compete with their fellow applicants because of lack of money.  I think money is a major reason that they have a hard time, but I think that the lack of money can be traced back to stereotypes put against minorities back when it was socially acceptable to thin like that.  Now, most of the stereotypes are either gone, or not expressed openly, yet they still have that lack of money that holds them back from a quality education.  It seems we have found a way to solve that by handing out scholarships.  I don’t think that this is the way to go.  Handing out money based on race will not solve anything.  Scholarships should be given to anyone with the highest academic talent regardless of their race.  Working for the extra money is what will create a stronger, richer minority population.  Cooperate America employs many minorities just to make themselves look better.  We have to stop doing this.  Instead of throwing money at those that are less fortunate hoping that it will somehow make them smarter, and using minorities to improve a companies image, we need to reform education and business so that everyone starts out with an equal chance of getting into the college of their dreams and achieve the life that they deserve.  Until we realize that giving money to people will only make them think that they don’t have to work very hard in life, money and jobs will simply come to them, we will not be able to get to perfect equality.