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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

Duz dey teech cursive?


81 posted on 07/16/2013 9:28:36 AM PDT by clintonh8r (white Caucasian)
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To: SeekAndFind
You know what they say about a picture...

 photo tomjoyner_OBozo_zps54332c94.jpg

They can be worth a 1,000 words!!!

82 posted on 07/16/2013 9:28:47 AM PDT by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: SeekAndFind

I predicted this.
And who will do her papers and projects for her?
Her major will have ‘studies’ in the title.
And she will acquire a union or government job after ‘graduating’.


83 posted on 07/16/2013 9:28:52 AM PDT by lurk
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To: SeekAndFind

She can be homecoming queen now.


84 posted on 07/16/2013 9:29:01 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: Bigg Red
Ruh-roh! Here comes Obamao’s next cabinet appointment.


85 posted on 07/16/2013 9:29:08 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: circlecity; NautiNurse
Got that right. Maybe pre-K...
86 posted on 07/16/2013 9:29:14 AM PDT by nutmeg (Rest in Peace, FReeper Extraordinaire Doctor Raoul...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Amazing, why stop there, she could get a professorship at Columbia. She’s going to make it big $$$$ time for her participation in the trial. Wait till she gets that 1M offer from Larry Flindt.


87 posted on 07/16/2013 9:29:16 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Remember Ty Woods, Glenn Doherty and Sean Smith? Forgot already?)
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To: dfwgator

I guess we’re just too “old school”.


88 posted on 07/16/2013 9:29:25 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Going to college and getting a marketable education implies shouldering responsibility.

I’ll bet Jeantell passes.


89 posted on 07/16/2013 9:29:59 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This woman is not prepared for college level courses.


90 posted on 07/16/2013 9:30:27 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Yorlik803

“College?
She cant read, write or speak with any skill”

She could NOT even read her own text! Unbelievable. I can pick an illegal off the entrance of the Home Depot in front of us and he can read what he writes.


91 posted on 07/16/2013 9:30:28 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: SeekAndFind
You know what they say about a picture...

 photo tomjoyner_OBozo_zps54332c94.jpg

It can be worth a 1,000 words!!!

92 posted on 07/16/2013 9:30:29 AM PDT by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: al_c
Does she even have a high school diploma yet?

If she majors in sociology, a Kindergarten education will do.

93 posted on 07/16/2013 9:31:09 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: dfwgator

Well somebody along the way, be they parents or people in the schools, or friends, whomever, didn’t take it upon themselves to teach her how to speak correctly. Using slang is fine, as long as you know how to speak and write properly.

Children don’t naturally know how to speak, they copy those around them. When I’m around my friend’s children and they speak improperly, I correct them, so later on, they will know and can get hired somewhere. Apparently nobody at home or in a school drilled it into her the proper way to speak.


94 posted on 07/16/2013 9:31:21 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: SeekAndFind

She’d do better to learn a trade.


95 posted on 07/16/2013 9:31:26 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: SeekAndFind

They use a tuition bribe when a bag of weed will suffice; a microcosm of liberal excessive overspending.


96 posted on 07/16/2013 9:31:42 AM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: SeekAndFind

ha, this woman makes honey boo boo look like Albert Einstein.

what a joke.


97 posted on 07/16/2013 9:31:48 AM PDT by Cubs Fan
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To: cotton1706
Children don’t naturally know how to speak, they copy those around them.

Makes me think of the old Steve Martin routine, "Can I mambo dogface to the banana patch."

98 posted on 07/16/2013 9:32:22 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: KC_Conspirator

She’s not prepared for upper primary grade courses!


99 posted on 07/16/2013 9:32:27 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: SeekAndFind
She's already has a PHD in Linguistics.

Because of her, I now know the meaning of two words:

Nigga & Cracka.

100 posted on 07/16/2013 9:32:45 AM PDT by red-dawg
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