Tone of Nuk's response suggests he an Dabo may not be cool

that go along with your argument. What "wouldn't I handle?" What "don't I know about?" Because from what I've seen, there isn't anything holding ANYONE back in this country except individual actions (that's assuming everyone is on the same legal playing field...meaning not breaking the law).

What I've witnessed (at Clemson, as a student specifically): affirmative action, opportunities and efforts to increase diversity which ultimately lower the standards for people of color (many colleges within Clemson have diversity quotas), clubs groups and organizations only for people of color (Call Me Mister, for example), and racism from all sides (making the "racism" card irrelevant).

If anything, African Americans in 2016 have it easier than others. And Nuk grew up in Central, South Carolina, not Chicago.

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Sep 15, 2016, 9:47 AM [ in reply to Re: in my opinion, Nuk decided he would throw Dabo under the bus ]

Of course we who are not black will never truly know what it's like. But that doesn't mean someone like Dabo shouldn't share his opinion. Dabo should have as much street cred as any non-black person. He grew up in a poor Alabama town with a single mom because his alcoholic dad left them. Sound familiar?
I know exactly what Dabo went through. I, too, was born a poor white child (even though I'm darker than some of my "black" friends). My dad left when I was 8; my brother was 6. My mom was young and worked hard until she became disabled. My stepfather, a mechanic, helped us get by until he died in an auto accident my first year of school (which kept me from transferring to Clemson). And I didn't qualify for tuition assistance until my senior year, at which time the aid office said, "Well, your loan was processed, so you don't really need the Pell grant." Because I was the first in my family to go to college, I had no help navigating the system. I struggled financially until I was 35, when my hard work and determination finally began to pay off. NOBODY gave me ANYTHING!

I say all of this because people like the communications professor like to paint Dabo as some privileged white guy with a big salary. He busted his a$$ for what he has, and so have I, and so have so many people of all colors. To continue holding back minorities by putting into their heads the thought that they can't achieve their dreams because the man is after them and police will kill them is a huge injustice.

All of this stems from the "mistreatment" of young blacks by the police. Yes, there are bad cops, but not nearly as many as some would suggest. Still too many, and it needs to be dealt with, but like Dabo said (and I'll make it stronger): If you don't like this country, get the f@@& out!

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Re: Tone of Nuk's response suggests he an Dabo may not be cool

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in my opinion, Nuk decided he would throw Dabo under the bus

Re: in my opinion, Nuk decided he would throw Dabo under the bus

Please tell us. Give me specific details, events and examples

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Clemson's Student Services grad program

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If you're looting a Brooks Brothers I wear a 16.5 / 35 shirt***

You, sir, don't get it. Maybe some day you will.

Re: in my opinion, Nuk decided he would throw Dabo under the bus

Re: Tone of Nuk's response suggests he an Dabo may not be cool

No

Re: Tone of Nuk's response suggests he an Dabo may not be cool

If he supports kanye pest and not Dabo

Re: Tone of Nuk's response suggests he an Dabo may not be cool

I doubt Nuk heard the entire statement

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