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Would you have given the scholarship back?


The episode where Kim finds out the scholarship fund she received supports apartheid in South Africa. She has a dilemma but eventually gives the scholarship back. Would you have given it back if or when you were in college?


I don’t think I would have given it back; I only began being ethical to that extent this year lol. Plus my parents wouldn’t be too happy.

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Heck naw I wouldn't give it back

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I absolutely would've given it back. I wouldn't have been able to justify my advancement academically knowing that it was more or less a bribe to keep oppressing people who look like me, just for looking like me.

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For once I was so pissed at Kim for not taking that scholarship. It's not like she had to wear a shirt or do a commercial endorsing the company.They didn't own her.



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You would have to ask yourself "If (for whatever reason) the KKK gave you a scholarship; would you give it back. Because that is essentially what apartheid represented in South Africa. It was a fascist regime dedicated to the subjugation of the Black people in the nation. Now you wouldn't have to wear a shirt saying that you supported the Klan, however you are still taking their money. It would have to decide if flushing your principles down the toilet is really worth a little money. Something that you could get on your own anyway.

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If the KKK gave me a scholarship, I'd most definitely take it. I'd become the doctor I set out to be and use my talents and resources to give back to my community. And that would've been all on the kkks dime!

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