[Brown Deer]

Are you seriously doubting that there aren't special scholarships available for minority students?

No, not at all, but they are not as readily available as you imply, so if you don't have the facts to back up your statement, then admit it, instead of coming back with an unrelated question.

Occidental and Columbia are private, and private schools don't care about whether you are in state or out of state.

There you go again, trying to avoid my point, but instead you just made a fool of yourself because private schools are much more expensive than state schools. WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM?

You have been rambling on and on about how the Obama's could not have traveled to Africa because they had no money for that one single, but want to ignore the facts that they traveled all over the world throughout their lifetimes and went to very expensive schools.

You say that the Obama's could not afford to travel to Africa, but then say it would have been very affordable for junior to travel around the world when it was much more expensive.

[curiosity]

No, not at all, but they are not as readily available as you imply, so if you don't have the facts to back up your statement, then admit it, instead of coming back with an unrelated question.

There are hundreds of scholarships and grants available to racial minorities. If Obama got good grades, he most certainly would have qualified for them:

http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/minority.phtml

There you go again, trying to avoid my point, but instead you just made a fool of yourself because private schools are much more expensive than state schools.

So? They're only more expensive for those who pay their own way. Recipients of financial aid don't.

WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM?

It's called financial aid.

Besides, what does any of this have to do with the topic at hand, or Obama's eligibility?