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admissions board might look more favorably on the West Virgina
kid than the suburban DC cheerleader, they won't -- in the case
of Michigan -- if the suburban DC cheerleader is black.        I
don't pretend that every person in the minority has the same
opportunities as every person in the majority. I do contend, and
boldly state, that many kids in the minority have not gone
through as much struggle, and yes, even discrimination, as many
kids in the majority.        Maybe you've never been passed over
at a restaurant, turned down for a cab ride, shadowed by guards,
had people check their wallets. But neither has this been the
case for many black kids. And this has been the case for many
white kids, for many different reasons. For example, I had a
friend in college, a white guy who grew up in and lived in South
Central L.A. He had been in a mostly black gang. He acted like a
gang me