14 black male students in Cambridge

Samuel T. Cogley

NoCrackHaving wrote: »

Ehm, last I checked Cambridge was in England not the United States, just saying....

Give it time...

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Jep Gambardella wrote: »

I mean, look at Nelson Mandela. If the liberals told him he couldn't follow his dreams, he'd never have become president of South Africa.

Yes but its the same with any African American who works hard or has talent, they overcome the so called barriers.

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Fratton Fred

Help!!!! wrote: »

Really?? The ones that work hard or have talent seem to do OK for themselves.

In acting, music and sport.

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Billy86 wrote: »

The irony of the op being this is just brilliant! Some seriously incoherent babbling to jump through mental loops in an effort to push an agenda going on from him/her! :pac:

How do you know I'm not non binary gender?

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Fratton Fred wrote: »

In acting, music and sport.

Employment, political the list is endless.

Outlaw Pete

I like Morgan Freeman's take on all this kinda bullshit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3cGfrExozQ

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Your Face

I don't buy white chocolate anymore.
Just in case.

coffee_cake

Help!!!! wrote: »

Is it really that hard to understand??

Yes

tomwaterford

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Permabear wrote: »

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OK, so we have 14 Africans get into one of the top universities in the world. In the USA Africans & Asians do well academically & career wise but African Americans seem to struggle. Is it because they are being constantly told that the system doesnt work for them??

tomwaterford

Help!!!! wrote: »

OK, so we have 14 Africans get into one of the top universities in the world.


In the USA Africans & Asians do well academically & career wise but African Americans seem to struggle. Is it because they are being constantly told that the system doesnt work for them??

These two facts are unrelated


Saying roddy collins used manage Cambridge United is more relevant??
At least it's in the same country?

kunst nugget

Help!!!! wrote: »

Yes but its the same with any African American who works hard or has talent, they overcome the so called barriers.

Yes, it's statistically highly unlikely but the black kid child born into poverty could potentially achieve just as much as a wealthy white kid who doesn't need to work hard and has no discernible talent! Equality FTW!

Still don't know what this has to do with 14 Black Students in Cambridge mind!

The_Valeyard

kunst nugget wrote: »

Yes, it's statistically highly unlikely but the black kid child born into poverty could potentially achieve just as much as a wealthy white kid who doesn't need to work hard and has no discernible talent! Equality FTW!

Still don't know what this has to do with 14 Black Students in Cambridge mind!

Just need a rich uncle Phil in Belvedere

kunst nugget

Help!!!! wrote: »

OK, so we have 14 Africans get into one of the top universities in the world. In the USA Africans & Asians do well academically & career wise but African Americans seem to struggle. Is it because they are being constantly told that the system doesnt work for them??

14 Africans getting into a college with a student population of 19,000 just shows how lazy African-Americans are, amiright!!!

Help!!!!

tomwaterford wrote: »

These two facts are unrelated


Saying roddy collins used manage Cambridge United is more relevant??
At least it's in the same country?

Unrelated?? OK maybe its a little early in the day for you so I'll try again.
Forget about the logistics
You have black people from 2 different continents & the ones on the poorest do better in education than the ones on possibly the richest one.
Why is that??

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kunst nugget wrote: »

Yes, it's statistically highly unlikely but the black kid child born into poverty could potentially achieve just as much as a wealthy white kid who doesn't need to work hard and has no discernible talent! Equality FTW!

Still don't know what this has to do with 14 Black Students in Cambridge mind!

But why is it that Asians & Africans who move to America do much better?? Not all come from wealthy backgrounds

tomwaterford

Help!!!! wrote: »

Unrelated?? OK maybe its a little early in the day for you so I'll try again.
Forget about the logistics
You have black people from 2 different continents & the ones on the poorest do better in education than the ones on possibly the richest one.
Why is that??

What has any of this got to do with the lads in the photo though??

Britain isn't even in Europe anymore?


Im even more lost....is Europe poorer than America?

Your not making much sense

kunst nugget

Help!!!! wrote: »

Unrelated?? OK maybe its a little early in the day for you so I'll try again.
Forget about the logistics
You have black people from 2 different continents & the ones on the poorest do better in education than the ones on possibly the richest one.
Why is that??

Is that what you're really seeing there when you look at that article? What is the socio-economic status of the couple of black people in that picture compared to the socio-economic status of the average African-American.

Help!!!!

tomwaterford wrote: »

What has any of this got to do with the lads in the photo though??

Britain isn't even in Europe anymore?


Im even more lost....is Europe poorer than America?

Your not making much sense

Havent you heard Britain will now be a state of the USA?

tomwaterford

Help!!!! wrote: »

Havent you heard Britain will now be a state of the USA?

OK lad

kunst nugget

Help!!!! wrote: »

But why is it that Asians & Africans who move to America do much better?? Not all come from wealthy backgrounds

In 1990, the median household income of an African immigrant was $30,907, according to the Center for Research on Immigration Policy in Washington, D.C. That compares with $19,533 for black Americans. Africans who immigrate to the United States come largely from the educated middle class of their countries. The research center reports 47 percent are college graduates and 22 percent have a professional specialty. Only 14 percent of black Americans graduate from college.

https://www.library.yale.edu/~fboateng/akata.htm

Asian-Americans are the highest-earning and fastest-growing racial group in the United States.

They’re also the best educated, as new numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau demonstrate. More than half of Asians in the United States, 54 percent, have at least a bachelor’s degree. That’s up from 38 percent in 1995. It’s an impressive number, especially when compared to the 33 percent college-graduation rate for the total U.S. population.

The Census Bureau also found that higher-education rates for native-born Asian-Americans are the same as their foreign-born counterparts.

Experts say this impressive rate of educational achievement has a lot to do with a U.S. immigration policy that favors the applications of highly-educated immigrants from Asian countries.

“Since 1965, some Asian-American immigrants have come to the U.S. under certain immigration preference categories that favor professional skills and training,” Eliza Noh, an associate professor at California State University, Fullerton, said in an email. “Those groups tend to already have educational training and economic resources, which they invest in their children’s education. Their access to social and economic capital is what fuels academic achievement.”

http://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2016/04/11/why-asian-americans-are-the-most-educated-group-in-america/

Irish Guitarist

William Gore, 19, who studies English, said he felt "really lucky" to be involved in a photo that has gone viral.
He said he wanted to send out a message that black students should "apply" to Cambridge, adding: "You don't need to change who you are to get here.
"There are people here at Cambridge from different backgrounds, who don't fit the stereotypical image of what a Cambridge student looks like, doing their thing and killing it."

Keep at the English. You'll get there eventually.

osarusan

A quick google of those names would suggest that some of these Africans made the long, arduous journey to Cambridge after finishing school in such exotic places as Worcestershire, Kent, Guildford, Northampton, and London.

kunst nugget

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

Keep at the English. You'll get there eventually.

Aye, black people and their slang. So hard to understand…:rolleyes:

Irish Guitarist

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

Keep at the English. You'll get there eventually.

What is wrong with a young lad talking like a young lad?

Shenshen

Help!!!! wrote: »

OK, so we have 14 Africans get into one of the top universities in the world. In the USA Africans & Asians do well academically & career wise but African Americans seem to struggle. Is it because they are being constantly told that the system doesnt work for them??

Where does it say they're African in that article? I assumed they were British?

Irish Guitarist

kunst nugget wrote: »

Aye, black people and their slang. So hard to understand?:rolleyes:

Sorry for being so white and cis.

Barry Badrinath

This is fcuking stupid.

Start making some sense OP.

From what I gather from the link....black guys are encouraging black guys to apply to a University that apparently is "traditionally" a "honky" University.

So, is it a combination of race, wealth, social standings and tradition?

This sh1t has nothing to do with race and has everything to do with brainz.

No love, the reason you are not in Cambridge, its not because you are black, its because you are stupid.....just like a sh1t load of white guys.