• jeffw@lemmy.worldOPM
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    3 days ago

    “Why don’t you just move if your poor neighborhood has lots of crime?”

    That’s your logic lol

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      I’m sorry, I had to live in the south, and I escaped at my first opportunity, as did everyone decent I knew down there.

      It is a cesspool that accumulates and concentrates filth, and it is DESTROYING our country.

      Maybe we shouldn’t blame people from having to go to school there, but we ABSOLUTELY should judge then for staying.

      It’s like people who stayed in the town of auschwitz, when they knew about the camps.

      Until the south has been properly punished in a way they will never forget, they will never move past their cruelty and racism, it’s just their culture.

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      That’s not the case here at all? Do you know how the higher education system in the USA works?

      I’m not judging every single person in Alabama. I’m judging the students that choose to enroll or remain at the University of Alabama when they regularly give shitty people platforms like this or host them at football games.

      There are 60 colleges and universities in Alabama and 1000s more across the country. It’s not uprooting your life to change schools, and Bama isn’t exactly an academic powerhouse anyway. If you don’t find one that fits your goals and isn’t massively regressive that’s on you.

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        How many publicly funded universities are in Alabama? And how many are within a reasonable distance of [insert town here]?

        People rely on public schools. You can’t just up and move to a different one

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          How many publicly funded universities are in Alabama?

          And how many are within a reasonable distance of [insert town here]?

          67% of Bama’s student body is from out of state. The in state students are no more than a 5 hour drive from anywhere else in the state. So again, 14.

          We’re not talking about a cheap commuter school or an accessible community college. The in-state cost for a 4 year degree is 138k. There are plenty of schools with the same admission requirements for the same sticker price.

          You can get a similar academic, athletic, and campus experiences at other places. If you don’t bother, then you care more about the crimson A branding than being associated with scumbags.

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            3 days ago

            The in state cost with $0 in aid.

            You’ve never applied to college?

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              Like I said, there are 13 other institutions that are also in state where you can get the same aid. And that doesn’t even matter for the 67% from out of state, they could save money on the switch.

              You have a pretty limited view of higher ed if you think there’s no way to attend a university that doesn’t have these problems.

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                “Why don’t poor people move further?!”

                Yeah, my view is soooo limited. I really can’t wrap my head around a poor person giving up 3 jobs and moving to a new town without any income because I’m soooo narrowninded

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                  They’re college students. They already moved to live in Tuscaloosa, have temp/seasonal jobs and all of their possessions fit in 2-3 suitcases. Millions of students accomplish this every year for much weaker reasons. Stop acting like it’s uprooting a family of 4.

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                    I can’t tell if you’re serious or farming downvotes. Leaning towards downvote farming since you’re so far off from reality. Over 1/4th of college students are parents. Close to that many skip meals because they can’t afford it.

                    If you, somehow, are serious, you need a reality check.