Zuri Robinson | Low-income minorities deserve their spots at Penn
(03/27/19 7:22pm)
“[I’m going to college for] the experience of like game days, partying … I don’t really care about school, as you guys all know,” YouTube celebrity Olivia Jade said in a now infamous video. She and other children of privilege are under scrutiny as it comes to light that their parents paid bribes and falsified applications in order to get them into top universities. Her words were offensive to every single student who earned their way into an elite school like Penn — the privilege of attending such an institution requires an enormous amount of hard work both before and during one’s college education, and it should not be given nor taken lightly. As a black, highly-aided student, her words were particularly offensive to me.