A Cambridge student just OWNED people who said she only got in because she's black
It takes a special kind of idiot to think that minorities are handed opportunities on a silver platter.
But, there's still people in the UK that seem to believe this, as highlighted by Youtuber Courtney Daniella.
Courtney is a student at Cambridge University, a hugely prestigious school where only the smartest and most esteemed students can get in.
(Credit: Instagram @_courtneydaniella)
But still she has to deal with twats that think she got there on a quota, and has called them out in an epic Twitter thread.
Do you know how many times I get comments on YT and even @'d about how 'lucky' I must feel to got to @Cambridge_Uni and how the 'quota'...
— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017
... needing to be met was my biggest helper. Or some sort of diversity outreach / initiative. Even had a comment on my video from...
— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017
...A young white male who expressed his fear of not getting a place at Cambridge because 'his place' would be occupied by 'people like me'.
— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017
And I just look at these things and think rah, but I got the grades. Avg 92 in AS, Did the interview and got the A*AA pic.twitter.com/y71YhBtXeR
— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017
Even had a guy tell me, me being at Cambridge was the perfect example of how getting into Cam 'is so easy nowadays' because I speak slang...
— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017
Do you think I write 'fam', 'rah', and 'peng' in these 2000 word essays that I write every three days and then just get tossed a 2:1 pic.twitter.com/LJdrwsxfn6
— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017
So if me with my intelligent, highly favoured, melanated, confident and well spoken self being at Cambridge makes you uncomfortable...
— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017
You need to fix your problem. 'Coz more of us are going to be rolling up and getting those degrees, MPhils and PhD's. Don't be bitter. pic.twitter.com/Y6dC9glrUF
— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017
That is a clap back if ever we saw one, and it just shows how racism still exists even in 2017.
If you can't see how an incredibly smart woman like Courtney got into Cambridge, then take a long hard look at yourself. Or @ her - because she will publicly slay you.