Colleges Rescinding Admissions Offers as Racist Social Media Posts Emerge

come on now. let’s just think about what he said.

“18 year olds are dumb and immature” - A lot of people around this age and even younger know that being racist and making racially offensive “jokes” (ONLINE at that) can have its consequences. our generation grew up on the internet and have been exposed to stuff way easier than the past generations so being “18 and immature” is just not an excuse because 9 times out of 10 you’ve came across someone online who had their life ruined for being racist.

i’m not 18 yet and I fully understand that whatever I put online is 100% going to have repercussion if it hurtful/offensive/etc. (I wouldn’t do that anyway thought)

teachers and adults have been telling us since elementary that whatever we put online will always be online so being 18 is definitely not an excuse and if you want to ruin your OWN life and be racist online (or in general) then that’s your fault and you should face the consequences.

/r/ApplyingToCollege Thread Parent