Is Obama Black Enought?

Baldimo wrote:
I have 2 sons who are mixed. My wife is black and white. Would my sons qualify for black college education funding? They don't look black, so when is black black enough?[/quote]

I think it depends which side.....

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Bi-Polar Bear wrote:

Baldimo wrote:
I have 2 sons who are mixed. My wife is black and white. Would my sons qualify for black college education funding? They don't look black, so when is black black enough?

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I think it depends which side.....

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I'm trying to figure out why they didn't turn out like your pic. That would have been interesting now wouldn't it.

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Would my sons qualify for black college education funding? They don't look black, so when is black black enough?

Please explain what "black college education funding" is and what a student must do to get a check for it in the mail.

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UNCF

United Negro College Fund

UNCF

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That just looks like a privately funded organization to me.

If you to the library, there are whole books of listings of organizations which give out scholarships to students who are in the interest group the organization represents.

I thought Baldimo was talking about some government thing, like the government gives you a check for being a black student, or something.

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kelticwizard wrote:

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Would my sons qualify for black college education funding? They don't look black, so when is black black enough?

Please explain what "black college education funding" is and what a student must do to get a check for it in the mail.

As Bella noted below your post that is one of many that are available to blacks.

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And if your parent or parents belong to a certain union you can qualify for a scholarship, while a better student cannot because his or her parents don't belong to that union.

And if your parent or parents work for a certain company, you can qualify for a scholarship while a better student cannot-because their parents don't work for that company.

And as I stated before, there are whole book fulls of scholarships given out to students because they happen to be the children of something or other the organization is concerned with.

If a private organization exists which gets voluntary donations to give scholarships to a certain group-a group which was deliberately denied equal educational opportunities for so long- what is wrong with that?

The way you phrased it, you made it seem like these students are getting money from the government that students of other races are not. And that does not appear to be happening.

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They don't have a Poor White Kid's Fund.

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kelticwizard wrote:

And if your parent or parents belong to a certain union you can qualify for a scholarship, while a better student cannot because his or her parents don't belong to that union.

And if your parent or parents work for a certain company, you can qualify for a scholarship while a better student cannot-because their parents don't work for that company.

And as I stated before, there are whole book fulls of scholarships given out to students because they happen to be the children of something or other the organization is concerned with.

If a private organization exists which gets voluntary donations to give scholarships to a certain group-a group which was deliberately denied equal educational opportunities for so long- what is wrong with that?

The way you phrased it, you made it seem like these students are getting money from the government that students of other races are not. And that does not appear to be happening.

I was wondering if my children who are part black would qualify for UNCF type scholarships even though by looking at them they don't look black. It was a simple question dealing with the "black enough" title of the thread.

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Baldimo wrote:

kelticwizard wrote:
And if your parent or parents belong to a certain union you can qualify for a scholarship, while a better student cannot because his or her parents don't belong to that union.

And if your parent or parents work for a certain company, you can qualify for a scholarship while a better student cannot-because their parents don't work for that company.

And as I stated before, there are whole book fulls of scholarships given out to students because they happen to be the children of something or other the organization is concerned with.

If a private organization exists which gets voluntary donations to give scholarships to a certain group-a group which was deliberately denied equal educational opportunities for so long- what is wrong with that?

The way you phrased it, you made it seem like these students are getting money from the government that students of other races are not. And that does not appear to be happening.

I was wondering if my children who are part black would qualify for UNCF type scholarships even though by looking at them they don't look black. It was a simple question dealing with the "black enough" title of the thread.

I think you have to some how "prove" you are a certain percentage black. Or something like that. I know that is how other scholoships that deal with race are.

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There's no Crazy Racist Honky College Fund either.

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Baldimo:

Well, you said "funding". Usually funding comes from a government program. The way you phrased that, a reader would think that there is some government program to give you money if you are black and going to school, but not white.

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Bella Dea wrote:

Baldimo wrote:
kelticwizard wrote:
And if your parent or parents belong to a certain union you can qualify for a scholarship, while a better student cannot because his or her parents don't belong to that union.

And if your parent or parents work for a certain company, you can qualify for a scholarship while a better student cannot-because their parents don't work for that company.

And as I stated before, there are whole book fulls of scholarships given out to students because they happen to be the children of something or other the organization is concerned with.

If a private organization exists which gets voluntary donations to give scholarships to a certain group-a group which was deliberately denied equal educational opportunities for so long- what is wrong with that?

The way you phrased it, you made it seem like these students are getting money from the government that students of other races are not. And that does not appear to be happening.

I was wondering if my children who are part black would qualify for UNCF type scholarships even though by looking at them they don't look black. It was a simple question dealing with the "black enough" title of the thread.

I think you have to some how "prove" you are a certain percentage black. Or something like that. I know that is how other scholoships that deal with race are.

Will be interesting to see. Only time will tell on this subject. Its sad to know that you have to have a certain amount of blackness in you to be black. I know the old rules were something like 1/32 or 1/16 to be considered black. Knowing some of the history of the US that would almost be a large % of the population depending on how long someones family has been in the US.

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Baldimo wrote:

I know the old rules were something like 1/32 or 1/16 to be considered black.

That 1/16th standard was established in Plessy vs Ferguson, upholding segregation laws. Since overturned.

When dealing with private organizations-or Native American tribes-it now seems to be up to the organization itself to decide what percentage or other criteria.

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Can't we just calculate this by how many illegitimate children he has fathered?

Just kidding, praise Allah.

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Or can't we just run his credit to find out?

...just can't figure whether you're more racist or goofy.

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