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Alabama teen accepted to 15 schools with $2 million in scholarships
ABC News ^ | June 15, 2022, | Adisa Hargett-robinson

Posted on 06/15/2022 2:37:04 PM PDT by deport

An Alabama teen has been accepted to more than 15 universities, including Harvard and Johns Hopkins, and has been awarded more than $2 million in scholarship offers.

Rotimi Kukoyi, a high school senior and the first Black National Merit Scholar at his school, is from Hoover, Alabama. He told ABC News he was inspired to apply to a number of places after appearing on the "Jeopardy!" Teen Tournament as a freshman in 2018, and meeting high achieving students from across the country.


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1 posted on 06/15/2022 2:37:04 PM PDT by deport
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To: deport

whites need not apply


2 posted on 06/15/2022 2:38:21 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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Nice to see a good news article about a “Teen” for a change


3 posted on 06/15/2022 2:39:27 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: deport

His parents are immigrants.


4 posted on 06/15/2022 2:42:04 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: deport

In the whole story, they never said where he was born.
They did say ‘he was a child of immigrants’

So….is he taking the colleges our kids won’t~


5 posted on 06/15/2022 2:42:43 PM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: deport

Probably raised right by Arican immigrants. Hopefully he wont be poisoned by a college education.


6 posted on 06/15/2022 2:44:26 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: deport

Good for him! Now he can get used to American blacks calling him an Uncle Tom, instead of celebrating him.


7 posted on 06/15/2022 2:45:42 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: deport

Oh, look at that, the student has dark skin. How many light skinned kids in this country did the same thing?


8 posted on 06/15/2022 2:47:09 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: deport
Assuming that this is,in fact,a good kid who works hard and obeys the rules it's good to see him doing well. I just hope he doesn't become a lawyer for the SPLC or Rat Party Headquarters.

But it's no secret that if he was melanin impaired he'd probably be attending West Virginia Community College.

9 posted on 06/15/2022 2:48:41 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: deport
Well done! I wish him well.


10 posted on 06/15/2022 2:48:41 PM PDT by plain talk
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“...Black...”

Must be nice to have skin of a color important enough or significant enough for the descriptor thereof to be capitalized by all reporters by virtue of the official newsroom editorial policy and style book.


11 posted on 06/15/2022 2:49:26 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: deport

So it sounds like he grew up in a two parent family.

There are some advantages to being tutored individually or in small groups for the SAT/ACT exams; however, there are several excellent study guides to help one prepare for those exams. I used one for the GMAT and obtained a good score.


12 posted on 06/15/2022 2:50:16 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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Good for him.

Obviously he’s not letting a lack of white privilege hold him back.


13 posted on 06/15/2022 2:53:25 PM PDT by DannyTN (2 )
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To: DannyTN

I have worked with several Nigerian Pharmacists in the VA. They were from Nigeria or their parents were from Nigeria. They were excellent pharmacists.


14 posted on 06/15/2022 3:03:35 PM PDT by cpdiii (CANE CUTTER-DECKHAND-ROUGHNECK-OILFIELD CONSULTANT-GEOLOGIST-PILOT-PHARMACIST)
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To: Maine Mariner

At one time my wife (social worker) intervened on behalf of an African immigrant family. Both parents worked liked dogs at multiple jobs (incredible work ethic) and the four year old stayed at home with the non english speaking grandma.
Wifey got this child into preschool for socialization and PRESTO!!! In six months the child was speaking English.

When time came for regular school she was off the charts intelligence wise and was moved into an environment of advanced learning. That was 22 years ago.
She had great and good parents encouraging her all the way.


15 posted on 06/15/2022 3:08:26 PM PDT by LFOD (Formerly - Iraq, Afghanistan - here to stay...,)
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To: deport

Racist.


16 posted on 06/15/2022 3:20:15 PM PDT by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: deport

Didn’t check what he intends to major in. I hope it’s a real subject, not one of the verbal masturbation pretend-intellect jokes that live out there in left turdville. And, I’ll bet that he finds “white math” quite easy, since he appears to actually have a functional logic center.


17 posted on 06/15/2022 3:31:09 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: dsrtsage

Who knows, he might be the next Dr. Benjamin Carson.


18 posted on 06/15/2022 3:33:47 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Sodomy is nothing to be proud of.)
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To: deport

That’s a lot of virtue signaling.


19 posted on 06/15/2022 3:38:33 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: imabadboy99

When it comes to brains that kid can probably kick white butt all day long.


20 posted on 06/15/2022 3:40:05 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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