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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didi is in TJ because she has an intact family, and her family are recent immigrants from Africa.  She is Black but not the same as African-Americans who were enslaved.

She is the "model Black" who does not have slavery in her family history. Except for being black in skin tone, neither her family, her parents education and her family's SES is like the African-Americans whose ancestors were enslaved, families torn apart, and who have faced generational poverty.

She will reap the full benefit of affirmative action put in place to help African-Americans who are truly downtrodden and different from her.  She is actually as priviledged as the Whites and Asians who have come from MC intact families, with educated parents and who prioritize education. I bet she also is not a natural genius but rather a bright kid who studies hard - just like all the White and Asian-Americans.

Her fight for other URMs who are nothing like her is interesting and I am sure college admissions will think so too.

So, no.  Her story of struggle and her life situation is not the same as the struggle of African-Americans who have not immigrated recently or 1 or 2 generations ago from Africa.

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So typical of token blacks in private schools also. Rich Africans. [/quote]

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