Angry White Girl Part 1

Katie Marie's picture

Gary Hubble wrote an article about “Angry White Man” for the Aspin Times on February 9, to which I can fully relate. I will not even attempt to summarize what he said here because that would not do it justice. I do, however, strongly encourage everyone to read it. (Here's the address: http://www.aspentimes.com/article/2008198091324 ) While Hubble mainly focuses on how the current political candidates should not forget the Angry White Man, I will focus more on why this white man is angry through my personal experiences (This is not to say that I even have the best stories related to this topic. I'm positive that others have much better ones.) This has been a problem for me personally twice recently. The first time was while I was looking for other websites from which I could possibly receive scholarships. Do you want to know what I found? After answering what ethnicity I was, I found that I could get scholarships for all of these:
*GPA of 3.50-3.74
*Little People
*Refugee/Immigrant
*Single parent home
*Gay/Lesbian/Bi-Sexual
*Recovering from substance abuse
*Tall people
*Transgender
Each one of these outraged me! Gee, I’m sorry I’m too smart for the first one. ….Wait, too smart? I have worked diligently for four years only to discover that I’m considered too smart for some scholarships?? How does it benefit society in any way to decline students who have above a 3.74 GPA?

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engkatiemarie's picture
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1) We have the same first/middle names. High five!

2) Try to space out your series more next time. Post one each day, rather than all of them in a row. You'll find people appreciate it, will leave more comments, and also will improve the quality of your writing when you spend more time on each post.

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