Do you know how many white people truly and genuinely believe that black people get to go to college for free? I spent the summer between my senior year of high school and freshmen year of college teaching wilderness survival at a boy scout camp.

One day I’m sitting at the lunch table taking notes in my course catalog, and one of my fellow counselors asks me what I’m doing. I tell him that I’m trying to figure out which classes I want to take in the fall. He says, “Yeah, I didn’t even apply for college.” I’m like, “Why?”, and he literally says, “Can’t afford it. I’m white, so you know, it isn’t free for me.” Y’all I just stared at him.

— @iSmashFizzle, via Twitter

‘I would like to go to a college not because I’m Black, but because I deserve to be there.’

Other readers, many who identified themselves as minorities, said they disagreed with race-conscious affirmative action policies.

I’m a Black man. As a person, I would like to go to a college not because I’m Black, but because I deserve to be there. If there should be an affirmative action, let it be in favor of the poor, through investment in early education, after school programs, etc.

— Chaks in Florida

Obviously I’m biased because, look at my name! I’m Asian. My Asian roommate in college works her butt off to maintain a 3.9 for med school but a black friend of mine got into med school with a 3.3 GPA (we are from the same university, mind you).

Someone tell me that this is not reverse discrimination. Universities/med schools/institutions alike should disclose these information so that people like my roommate are not left in discouragement.

— Ziwei in Baltimore