Students vote to give blacks free tuition at Western Kentucky University
The student government at Western Kentucky University on Tuesday voted in favor of giving free tuition to black students.
Thursday, April 20, 2017
The student government at Western Kentucky University on Tuesday voted in favor of giving free tuition to black students.
The school’s Student Government Association passed a resolution by 19-10 supporting slavery reparations for black students in the form of free tuition and free access to the public Bowling Green campus.
The resolution also recommends that the university create a task force to “assess the feasibility of test-optional admissions and geographically-weighted admissions,” claiming that some standardized testing poses a disadvantage for needy students and perpetuates inequality and “white supremacy,” The Bowling Green Daily News reported .
“We demand reparations for the systemic denial of access to high quality educational opportunities in the form of full and free access for all black people (including undocumented, currently and formerly incarcerated people to Western Kentucky University),” the resolution reads, according to the Daily News.
SGA President Jay Todd Richey told the newspaper that the long-shot resolution is meant as a “conversation starter.”
“Due to discriminatory education, housing and employment policies that have disproportionately held back Black Americans, we believe this resolution is ultimately a conversation starter for discussing how to make college both more affordable and accessible for communities of color and marginalized people in general,” he wrote in an email.
“People can debate the prudence of actually eliminating tuition for all Black students, and it’s extremely unlikely regardless, but the point is to have a real conversation about how we eliminate racial disparities in higher education,” he said. “We need to consider making reparations in the form of more equitable college admissions policies, financial assistance and campus support and resources, and we hope this provocative statement will launch an important dialogue about to achieve that.”
Andrea Ambam and Brian Anderson, two SGA senators who wrote the resolution, said it was inspired by a similar resolution approved in February by students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Daily News reported.
The university has yet to comment on the resolution.
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WOW!!!! Isn't that a great idea!!!!
Wonderful./s
Let's complain even more about blacks on this site. Why not?
I don't see any complaints. Aren't you being a little over-zealous, John? Of course the students aren't the ones paying the bills, right?
Apparently John supports reparations.
Right we should ignore this racism.
That's what the left wants.
Cool. More racism. The liberals should love this!
Hey Germany has it. They have a 50% tax rate and a valued added tax to boot. They are about 50/50 on it right now. Great!!!! Pass the loot on down the line!!!!
Germany proves tuition-free college is not a silver bullet for America’s education woes
It is only state-owned universities that do not charge tuition in Germany - private ones are not free. There are only charges for registering for courses and of course for books and other required materials, along with living expenses (which are not cheap). My stepdaughter is studying at a university in Germany - amazingly, foreign students also get the same benefit.
Sad that racists control the Student Government at WKU. Luckily they can't effectuate their racist ideology.
For all the hysteria, it may be important to note that:
The university has yet to comment on the resolution.
While a noble goal, I doubt it flies...
The student government has no power, and what they propose is discrimination. If they want one minority to have special rights, they should put up their own money.
I do not support reparations. Reparation doesn't erase the past and imo it only adds to racial tension. This constant taking from one and giving to another is one of the reasons why Trump the misogynist, bigot, racist, vile, scumbag, lying pig was elected.
So, Ok , SGA, which ones of you will have your tuitions raised by double? which tenured profs will take pay cuts? which school administration offices will be cut to fund this little picodillo since you pretty much made choosing your school of higher learning both unaffordable , and undesirable for graduates to be hired from. but hey its not my money you will be spending.
Kentucky of all places. As if they don't have enough problems. It baffles me, This brings to mind our friend who found his way from the hills to the college .....had no money, the clothes on his back and managed to enroll in the community college . His name was Red Treadway and he played baseball for the college and earned his tuition.
Liberals want "free" stuff. It's what motivates them. Easier than earning it.