] lets be honest, that's not what they meant. the award was
] designed to recognise a black student in honor of MLK's
] efforts for civil rights. it has nothing to do with africa,
] and this kid, or his family, should've recognized that. This
] boys campain may have been innocent, but it wasn't very smart.

I would argue that there very fact you have a Black Student of the year instead of a Student of the year is in and of itself a mistake. What does that say, "None of these students could win 'Student of the Year' so we have a running just for them?" Bullshit. And if its an African American Club in the school giving the award for raising issues or something, isn't a white just as able to educate the public about mispresentation/mistreatment of Blacks. If the answer is no then a lot of my fellow democrats have wasted there time. I think a white kid from South Africa could just as easily talk about issues/problem/slavery in African as a Black kid whose last 3 generations are from Arkansas or something.

The "We should be treated equal, but at the same time have our own special club just for us" thing does not work.

Just my $0.02

RE: You are not African-American, You are White