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Trayvon Martin's Friend, Rachel Jeantel, Offered A Full College Scholarship
Business Insider ^ | 07/16/2013 | Pamela Engel

Posted on 07/16/2013 9:10:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Radio personality Tom Joyner has offered Rachel Jeantel, the friend of Trayvon Martin who spoke to him shortly before he died, a full scholarship to any Historically Black College or University she chooses. The website Joyner founded, BlackAmericaWeb.com, confirmed the news. Jeantel spoke to Joyner on his radio show Tuesday morning.

He said to her: "If you want to graduate from high school, and go to an HBCU, even if it’s not in Florida but especially Florida,like Florida Memorial, Edward Waters or FAMU, if you want to do that, I want to help you do that. I will help you get tutors to get you out of high school, tutors to help you pass the SAT and I will give you a full ride scholarship to any HBCU you’d like."

Joyner said he was moved by Jeantel's testimony. The funding for the scholarship will come from the Tom Joyner Foundation.

Jeantel reluctantly took the stand to testify for the prosecution in the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman. She told the courtroom that she heard Martin say "get off, get off" before the call cut out and Zimmerman shot him. During her testimony, which spanned two days, she was mocked online by people insulting her dress, mannerisms, and intelligence.

Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges on Saturday.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: college; jeantel; joyner; racheljeantel; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: SeekAndFind

I would think a reality show would be more up her alley.


121 posted on 07/16/2013 9:43:27 AM PDT by The Louiswu (One brave man, that's all we need.)
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To: SeekAndFind

College is a great place to learn to read!!!!


122 posted on 07/16/2013 9:43:31 AM PDT by ontap (***)
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To: SeekAndFind

I would think a reality show would be more up her alley.


123 posted on 07/16/2013 9:43:53 AM PDT by The Louiswu (One brave man, that's all we need.)
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To: ontap

I are a kollidge graduit.


124 posted on 07/16/2013 9:44:14 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel; afraidfortherepublic

[The white] Christa McAuliffe, the “teacher in space” that died in the Challenger incident, got her Masters, iirc, at an HBCU.


125 posted on 07/16/2013 9:44:15 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: editor-surveyor

Surgeon General.

She be teaching the homeys to stay healthy by avoiding crackas.


126 posted on 07/16/2013 9:45:30 AM PDT by miserare (Fire Eric Holder!)
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To: jrg

She should just write (using text messaging) her doctoral dissertation on Ebonics and skip the whole college experience.


127 posted on 07/16/2013 9:47:33 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: ChocChipCookie

Not sure what she’d bring to ANY employer. Would YOU want to hire her ??? Incoherent, illiterate, and predjudiced to boot ??


128 posted on 07/16/2013 9:47:38 AM PDT by Salgak (http://catalogoftehburningstoopid.blogspot.com 100% all-natural snark !)
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To: SeekAndFind

:He said to her: ‘If you want to graduate from high school, and go to an HBCU, even if it’s not in Florida but especially Florida,like Florida Memorial, Edward Waters or FAMU, if you want to do that, I want to help you do that. I will help you get tutors to get you out of high school, tutors to help you pass the SAT and I will give you a full ride scholarship to any HBCU you’d like.’”

All the tutors in the world aren’t going to be enough to bring someone up to college-level if her IQ is only roughly 70.


129 posted on 07/16/2013 9:48:36 AM PDT by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: miserare

She really ought to start slow... maybe a commercial or two.

She could be the new Nabisco Spokesthing.

‘git ya sum crazy ass crackas.’


130 posted on 07/16/2013 9:50:33 AM PDT by VRWCarea51
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To: miserare

But dey needs to knows how to mastahbate


131 posted on 07/16/2013 9:50:48 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Olog-hai
She changed her hair style and is the chair of religious studies at University of Pennsylvania.... It's the Don King look!!! University professor says God is a white racist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3043350/posts
132 posted on 07/16/2013 9:51:07 AM PDT by tired&retired
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To: Salgak
Not sure what she’d bring to ANY employer. Would YOU want to hire her ??? Incoherent, illiterate, and predjudiced to boot ??

She's a shoe in for the DMV, SSA, TSA or as an Obamacare guide.

133 posted on 07/16/2013 9:51:32 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Yorlik803

She will become an inner city school teacher at Malcolm X Jr HS, or one of the thousand MLK HS’s, DOOMING the next black generation in the US.


134 posted on 07/16/2013 9:52:24 AM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: dfwgator

Yesterdy I cudn’t evin spel gradiate...toda I ar one!!!


135 posted on 07/16/2013 9:52:50 AM PDT by ontap (***)
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To: tired&retired

sorry about size.... but she was really big!!!


136 posted on 07/16/2013 9:53:19 AM PDT by tired&retired
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To: SeekAndFind

Listening to the horrible way she speaks....they need to concentrate on getting her through a real High School first!

This girl is a national embarrassment.


137 posted on 07/16/2013 9:53:20 AM PDT by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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To: tanknetter

Nice PR gesture, but I’m betting he made it believing that there’s no way she would meet the admissions requirements, and therefore he won’t ever have to pay her a cent.

If he were genuine he’d be offering her immediate accademic assistance in the form of tutors and a private school education.


Excellent read.

To the low information / emotion driven MSM followers , they won’t ever
pick up on the SAT requirement , GPA, etc....


138 posted on 07/16/2013 9:53:45 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: ChocChipCookie
Nice gesture but what good will it do if she’s functionally illiterate?

She's SES material in some agencies.

139 posted on 07/16/2013 9:53:47 AM PDT by Stentor
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Whites can go to black colleges too... it just mean ‘historically’ black. I think it's a sweet offer. But if this guy really wants to do something he should help shore up the Florida school system for all children. Jeantel's not the only one who 'can't read cursive' in Florida...
140 posted on 07/16/2013 9:54:41 AM PDT by GOPJ (Department of Justice to Americans:'How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?')
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