5 Black Students Named Rhodes Scholars

StoneColdMikey
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edited December 2014 in For The Grown & Sexy
Five black students have been selected as Rhodes Scholars in one of the highest academic achievements for U.S. college students, according to the Rhodes Trust, which administers the program, and the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.

The 2015 class of Rhodes Scholars was chosen from a pool of 877 students who were endorsed by 305 colleges and universities. There were 207 finalists from 86 colleges and universities who were selected in 16 different geographic districts, the Journal says. Two students from each district were chosen as Rhodes Scholars. Students can enter the competition in the district in which they reside or the district where they attended college. The 32 outstanding students will begin their studies at Oxford University in October 2015, according to the Rhodes Trust.

Alain LeRoy Locke, who graduated magna ? laude from Harvard University in 1907, was the first black Rhodes Scholar, according to Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Root’s editor-in-chief and the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and founding director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard. Locke was born in Philadelphia in 1885, the only son of a lawyer and teacher, both of whom had been born free, Gates writes. Since then, others have joined the exclusive ranks.


Here is a list of the five most recent winners, according to the Rhodes Trust, which made the announcement in November.
Robert A. Fisher is a senior at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is majoring in political science with minors in history and Africana studies. He previously won a Truman Scholarship. Fisher is the student body president at the university and has a perfect academic record. Fisher will study for a master’s degree in comparative social policy at Oxford.

Rachel V. Harmon is from Champaign, Ill. She is a senior at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y, where she is majoring in industrial and labor relations. Before starting her college career, Harmon was an AmeriCorps volunteer at a rural elementary school in the Mississippi Delta. She plans to study for a master’s degree in evidence-based social policy at Oxford.


Ridwan Y. Hassen is a senior at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. He is majoring in computer science with an emphasis on neuroscience. He began his college career at Emory University and transferred to Dartmouth after two years. He is the son of refugees from Somalia and Ethiopia. At Dartmouth, he is a member of the Endurance Racing Team. Hassen is planning to pursue a master’s degree in public policy at Oxford.

Tayo A. Sanders II is a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where he is majoring in materials science. Sanders previously won a Goldwater Scholarship. He has conducted research in the nanomaterials laboratory at the University of Strasbourg in France. Sanders is a triathlete. At Oxford, Sanders plans to earn a PhD in materials science.

Sarah E. Yerima is a senior at Princeton University in New Jersey. She is majoring in sociology. During the summer of 2013, Yerima completed an intensive program in Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro. She will enroll in a two-year master’s degree program in politics at Oxford. After studying at Oxford, Yerima plans to enter a joint JD/PhD program and hopes to become a professor of law.

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  • LcnsdbyROYALTY
    LcnsdbyROYALTY Members Posts: 13,763 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dope as ? , but isn't this topic more suited for G&S?
  • antarticp
    antarticp Members Posts: 8,688 ✭✭✭✭✭
    def dope gonna share this on fb ... give folks a break from the negative ? they post every 2 mins lol
  • twentyfivelighters
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    We had a black Rhodes scholar from my alma mater last year I believe. He was an English/Philosophy double major. It's a good thing for the university and dude
  • SneakDZA
    SneakDZA Members Posts: 11,223 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race. Just fancy those parts that are at present inhabited by the most despicable specimens of human beings what an alteration there would be if they were brought under Anglo-Saxon influence, look again at the extra employment a new country added to our dominions gives."

    -Cecil Rhodes

    It's gotta be hard for a black scholar to have to accept an award named after that subhuman ? . But congrats to them for being recognized for their work.
  • Ajackson17
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    SneakDZA wrote: »
    "I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race. Just fancy those parts that are at present inhabited by the most despicable specimens of human beings what an alteration there would be if they were brought under Anglo-Saxon influence, look again at the extra employment a new country added to our dominions gives."

    -Cecil Rhodes

    It's gotta be hard for a black scholar to have to accept an award named after that subhuman ? . But congrats to them for being recognized for their work.

    What a true demon and many hold this sentiment today.
  • MarcusGarvey
    MarcusGarvey Members Posts: 4,569 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good for them, as another poster wrote, Cecil Rhodes was a ? .

    If you were to track the media's portrayal of blacks you'd think the sky is falling on us - people are grinding (not talking Pusha T, talking legit - business owners, ppl with two three jobs), surviving, succeeding in this racist system.
  • 2stepz_ahead
    2stepz_ahead Guests, Members, Writer, Content Producer Posts: 32,324 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good for them, as another poster wrote, Cecil Rhodes was a ? .

    If you were to track the media's portrayal of blacks you'd think the sky is falling on us - people are grinding (not talking Pusha T, talking legit - business owners, ppl with two three jobs), surviving, succeeding in this racist system.

    people like what you stated are always look at the exception and not the rule.

    i have said it soo many times.

    success is not an exception in the black community. it is alot of success, but if you only focus on the ? who stole the money off the bus an not all the people going to work on the bus...then you will think no one is any good.
  • Ajackson17
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    Also research a lot of think tanks in his day to the present you will just see their words change but not the same intent and vision.
  • A Talented One
    A Talented One Members Posts: 4,202 ✭✭✭
    Good ? .

    I usually check this every year, but was too busy this year. Should also check to see if there are any black Marshall Scholarship winners.
  • Copper
    Copper Members Posts: 49,532 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2014
    nice

    but its amazing how much ? we have named after demons in our history
  • Copper
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    In his last will and testament, Rhodes said of the British, "I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race. Just fancy those parts that are at present inhabited by the most despicable specimens of human beings what an alteration there would be if they were brought under Anglo-Saxon influence, look again at the extra employment a new country added to our dominions gives."
  • A Talented One
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  • Ilike2get baked
    Ilike2get baked Members Posts: 879 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great work by all these individuals. They can say whatever they want but at the end of the day we always rise above the ? ..
  • Dave2one6
    Dave2one6 Members Posts: 1,669 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i hate teaching history on here, but just by it being named "Rhode's" is sooooo racist.
  • Dr.Chemix
    Dr.Chemix Members Posts: 11,816 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Goat ? !

    But Ridwan and Tayo tho?
  • DarcSkies
    DarcSkies Members Posts: 13,791 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hopefully in my lifetime this will no longer be newsworthy or a headline.
  • NothingButTheTruth
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    SneakDZA wrote: »
    "I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race. Just fancy those parts that are at present inhabited by the most despicable specimens of human beings what an alteration there would be if they were brought under Anglo-Saxon influence, look again at the extra employment a new country added to our dominions gives."

    -Cecil Rhodes

    It's gotta be hard for a black scholar to have to accept an award named after that subhuman ? . But congrats to them for being recognized for their work.

    Ether'd the entire thread with your post. Black people want their cake and want to eat it to. First it's, "damn they're racist as ? and hate us for no reason", then it's open arms and smiles when we win their awards.

    People who act that way send mixed signals, and can be made to be less credible, since they only seem to cry when they're not winning. We need to smarten up.

    Imagine if the people who made it or won the award, turned it down with an educational speech fully describing why he or she will not accept the award because of who Cecil Rhodes was etc.
  • NothingButTheTruth
    NothingButTheTruth Members Posts: 10,850 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good for them, as another poster wrote, Cecil Rhodes was a ? .

    If you were to track the media's portrayal of blacks you'd think the sky is falling on us - people are grinding (not talking Pusha T, talking legit - business owners, ppl with two three jobs), surviving, succeeding in this racist system.

    Your train of thought is 100% poison.

    Pusha T is a legit business owner, chill with uppity ? . No man is better than the next. I would actually argue that people like Pusha T are more inspiring because they choose not to play the game and follow the rules to make their way.
    Dr.Chemix wrote: »
    Goat ? !

    But Ridwan and Tayo tho?

    I guess if their names were more white, you wouldn't have a problem, huh? Smarten up. Your self-hate is showing.