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Wednesday, April 27, 2005pulled off AOL:Black College Student Charged With Racist Death ThreatsHer little prank caused authorities at the Christian school to move more than 40 minorities out of their dormitories and into a hotel last week.When tuition goes up next year, we'll all know who to thank. In the meantime, the student has traded four years at a college she didn't like for up to five years in prison, a place she'll probably really detest. It's sad for the girl that she felt this was the only way to broach the idea of changing schools. It's sad for society that this particular approach seemed so obvious. But with Al Sharpton still prancing about in his finery, what could be more natural than to solve a personal problem or advance your cause by putting your brothers and sisters on edge about whitey and seeing if you can gin up a little more racial antagonism? One hates to deny all notion of personal responsibility, but one wonders: did the girl realize that what she was doing was wrong? Did society teach her? There's enough lingering racism to make her letters believable. But there's also an unwritten code that says they will be believed. Had the young girl concocted a sexier explanation for what she did, universities would be signing her up to give talks on the racism that is felt, if not actually present, explaining how as long as blacks fear whites, what she did merely serves to underline the experience of the frightened African-American in 21st century America. The letters would have been an act of creativity, a piece of art to convey to fellow minorities what she feared about the white student sitting next to her in the cafeteria. Enough chutzpah, and she might have gotten a tenured position - without the proper credentials! 
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