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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Swarthmore offers merit aid:

https://www.swarthmore.edu/mccabe-scholars

However, Swarthmore maybe an [/b]Indian giver[b] in F/A:

http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2015/12/09/does-swarthmore-bait-and-switch-financial-aid/

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You might want to purge that phrase from your vocabulary — it’s racist.[/quote]

From Quora:

An Indian giver is not referencing a Native American who is making a gift.

It is supposed to be offensive, but not like you are thinking.

It is referring to the White Man, who "gives" land to a Native American tribal group, only to renege on the gift, treaty or whatever.  Its not not supposed to be politically correct, because it it is calling out the person for being a liar, swindler and a coward, who can only win by cheating.

The correct PC would be "bait nd switch."[/quote]

Yes, stick to bait and switch.  But, no, however perverse it may seem, the phrase was, historically, a criticism of Native Americans — not of Europeans’ treatment of Native Americans.

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/09/02/217295339/the-history-behind-the-phrase-dont-be-an-indian-giver[/quote]

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