when he gets raped,stabbed and beaten by moe house niggers he will
kick himself in the ass for attending a nigger skool.
Fujikawa Yamamoto wrote:
> On 19 May 2008, The Real Lady Veteran <bLobbi.sanchez@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> posted some news:20080520034042.E955C4E4F9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On 17 May 2008, moss@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Moss) wrote:
>>> http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/16/white.valedictorian/index.html
>>>
>>> Story Highlights
>>>
>>> * Joshua Packwood, 22, will become first white valedictorian of
>>> Morehouse College
>>>
>>> * He turned down Ivy League scholarship to study African-American
>>> studies
>>>
>>> * Throughout his life, Packwood always gravitated toward the black
>>> experience
>>>
>>> * Packwood: "I don't think ethnicity makes the difference; it's what's
>>> in his heart"
>>>
>>>
>>> By Dana Rosenblatt and Don Lemon
>>> CNN
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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 o=
>> f
>>> the school's most notable alums, by producing "Morehouse Men" -
>>> intelligen=
>> t
>>> and successful black leaders.
>>>
>>> "Because I'm one of the only white students, it's easy to call me 'the
>>> white boy,' I'm naturally going to stand out," says Packwood.
>>>
>>> But Packwood, 22, doesn't stand out solely because he is white or has
>>> maintained a 4.0 grade point average. For those who don't know him,
>>> what i=
>> s
>>> surprising is that a Rhodes Scholar finalist turned down a full
>>> scholarshi=
>> p
>>> to Columbia University to attend the all-black men's university.
>>>
>>> This came naturally to Packwood, who attended a predominantly black
>>> high school.
>>>
>>> "A large majority of my friends, like all my girlfriends have been
>>> minorities," says Packwood. "So it was very, it was kind of strange
>>> that I=
>>> always kind of gravitated to the black community."
>>>
>>> Packwood fit in immediately at Morehouse. His charm, movie-star good
>>> looks=
>>> and chiseled physique made him popular among students. He was elected
>>> dorm=
>>> president and to class council during freshmen year - and was a
>>> favorite a=
>> t
>>> campus fashion shows. White valedictorian makes history =BB
>>>
>>> He also gained worldly experience studying and traveling abroad.
>>>
>>> Life hasn't always been easy for Packwood. He grew up in a poor area
>>> of Kansas City, Missouri, where he says he found himself gravitating
>>> to the black community at a young age.
>>>
>>> Adolescence was rough. His mother's second marriage to a black man
>>> ended i=
>> n
>>> divorce and family tension forced him to seek refuge with his best
>>> friend'=
>> s
>>> family - who were black and middle-class.
>>>
>>> The experience of living with his best friend's family had a profound
>>> effect on Packwood, who says he saw a "different side of black
>>> America."
>>>
>>> During his teens, Packwood says he got into his share of fights and
>>> even landed in jail a few times. Still, his grades were good and
>>> eventually earned him a full scholarships to Morehouse College and
>>> Columbia University.
>>>
>>> Against the advice of some family members, Packwood gave up the
>>> scholarshi=
>> p
>>> to an Ivy League school. He felt the true college experience was at
>>> Morehouse - where he believed he would get more than an education.
>>>
>>> "I gained this interest in African-American studies and I thought that
>>> Morehouse would probably be the best experience," says Packwood. "I
>>> think of it in terms of 'study abroad.' If I really want to learn it,
>>> if I reall=
>> y
>>> want to understand it - maybe it's best if I immerse myself in the
>>> culture."
>>>
>>> "Mr. Packwood is deserving. He has earned this," says Dr. Robert
>>> Franklin,=
>>> the president of Morehouse. "We are committed to merit, to hard work -
>>> no matter who it might be."
>>>
>>> For the most part, Packwood says the experience among his Morehouse
>>> brethren has been overwhelmingly good - with the exception of a few
>>> negative comments.
>>>
>>> "One guy came up to me and told me -- he didn't like the fact that I
>>> was here," recalls Packwood. "He absolutely didn't like the fact that
>>> I dated black women."
>>>
>>> "So I heard him out, and said, 'I appreciate your opinion but don't
>>> agree with what you have to say,'...and now we've become, not
>>> necessarily close,=
>>> but very cool," Packwood says.
>>>
>>> That student, Vinson Muhammad, says he was curious about the reasons
>>> why someone like Packwood would choose to attend an all-black college.
>>>
>>> "I don't necessarily support him being here, but because he's here and
>>> we can't discriminate against other races, I support him and his
>>> mission to b=
>> e
>>> successful in life," says Muhammad, a junior. "I just kind of wish he
>>> had done it at a different institution."
>>>
>>> Even though he received the support of school administrators,
>>> Packwood's scholastic success did not come without some controversy.
>>> When word got ou=
>> t
>>> that he might become the next valedictorian, some of his classmates -
>>> even=
>>> friends - were admittedly chafed.
>>>
>>> "They approached me and said, 'Yeah, I have a problem with you being
>>> valedictorian. I know you've earned it and even though I know you on a
>>> personal level - I like you a lot - but it disturbs me that out of
>>> roughly=
>>> 3,000 black men - there's not one that's done as well as or better
>>> than yo=
>> u
>>> academically,' " says Packwood.
>>>
>>> Still, the majority of students told CNN that he earned his accolades
>>> and they stand behind him. Some say, if anything, Packwood's academic
>>> success should serve as a lesson to his fellow students.
>>>
>>> "I think that it should be a wake-up call to an all black campus,"
>>> says Muhammad. "At Morehouse we're supposed to be at the top as black
>>> men. We only have a few white students and to see a white student will
>>> rise to thi=
>> s
>>> - is something unsettling to me because it shows that we need to work
>>> harder."
>>>
>>> Campus administrators say that black or white, Packwood's experience
>>> is consistent with the school's mission: to produce future leaders.
>>>
>>> "I think some of our alumni are a little nervous about a white student
>>> graduating from Morehouse with all of its rich history for producing
>>> African-American male leaders. But I don't think it's contradictory at
>>> all," says Sterling Hudson, the dean of admissions.
>>>
>>> Overall, Packwood says his experience is the best proof of Morehouse
>>> success, because the school was able to produce a white valedictorian
>>> - against the odds. He's eager to quote the school's most notable
>>> alums.
>>>
>>> "What Morehouse stands for at the end of the day, and what Dr. King
>>> epitomized, it's not about black or white, it's about the content of
>>> [a person's] character," says Packwood. "It's about me, representing
>>> Morehous=
>> e
>>> in that light -- not as a white man or a black man."
>>>
>>> His experience was so positive that Packwood's younger brother, John,
>>> will=
>>> follow in his footsteps when he enrolls as a freshman at the college
>>> next year.
>>>
>>> Could this type of recruitment signal a new trend for Morehouse and
>>> other historically black colleges and universities?
>>>
>>> "We're not aggressively pursuing white students," says Hudson. "But
>>> like every other college, we're interested in diversity. So, if a
>>> white student=
>>> becomes interested in Morehouse - of course we are going to treat him
>>> like=
>>> any other student."
>>>
>>> For now, Packwood is enjoying his rise to the top. This week, he
>>> started his first job with the prestigious investment banking firm
>>> Goldman Sachs o=
>> n
>>> Wall Street.
>>>
>>> But he'll be back at Morehouse Sunday wearing his cap and gown along
>>> with the 500 members of his graduating class. Not as a white man or a
>>> black man=
>>> - but as a Morehouse Man.
>>>
>>> "The interesting thing about Josh's experience is that he had a full
>>> Morehouse experience," says Hudson. "When he marches across the stage
>>> on May 18 and receives his diploma, he's going to be a Morehouse Man
>>> in every=
>>> way -- except ethnicity."
>>>
>>> "I don't think ethnicity makes the difference; it's what's in his
>>> heart."
>> The lower half of 1 black valedictorian is worth 10 complete white
>> valedictorians.
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