Originally posted by heinz57_79
I'm sorry, but discrimnation of any kind is not easily overcome. Accents have NOTHING to do with anything.
Apparently I need to break this down for you. The Irish were discriminated against at the turn of the century, but this didn't take long to end because as the generations passed assimilation occured. For the Irish, it was a simple matter of raising the next couple of generations as Americans (whose culture was not exactly completely opposite to the Irish way of life).

However, being black doesn't get washed out with the generations. It's blatantly obvious most of the time.

Look, I'm sorry if you had a hard time getting into the school of your choice for the price you would have liked. But there are far worse things to have to deal with in life. Be lucky that you came from a family with the means and inclination to value education.

As for illiterate college students, that has NOTHING to do with what race they are. I spent several months grading school exams and found any number of white, monolingual students who could barely write.