| 00:00 - 00:05 | I had a poor white friend in college. I told him, |
| 00:05 - 00:07 | "hurry, go see the financial aid office." |
| 00:07 - 00:10 | So he goes there. And sits down. |
| 00:11 - 00:16 | And recounts how he is paying for college |
| 00:17 - 00:21 | And the counselor asks how much his parents pay... |
| 00:21 - 00:24 | They pay? |
| 00:29 - 00:31 | They pay? |
| 00:31 - 00:34 | Because he's white, he must be fed with a silver spoon. |
| 00:38 - 00:40 | Parents pay. |
| 00:41 - 00:47 | He said that no, he paid for it all, showed his tax forms that he was independent. |
| 00:47 - 00:50 | Said he filled out FAFSA and still got nothing. |
| 00:50 - 00:56 | But the counselor cut in and said that it doesn't matter. |
| 00:58 - 00:59 | FAFSA says |
| 00:59 - 01:01 | you are dependent until you are 26 |
| 01:04 - 01:06 | He couldn't get a scholarship |
| 01:06 - 01:08 | even though he really needed it. |
| 01:13 - 01:14 | So... |
| 01:14 - 01:16 | He was asked other questions |
| 01:16 - 01:20 | about other "qualifications" for scholarships. |
| 01:21 - 01:27 | What is your race? What is your gender? |
| 01:35 - 01:36 | So of course he says, |
| 01:36 - 01:39 | I'm a Caucasian male. |
| 01:41 - 01:44 | And matter of factly, |
| 01:44 - 01:47 | the counselor says that won't get him anything, |
| 01:47 - 01:49 | but there are some more questions... |
| 01:50 - 01:53 | Are you your parents still married? |
| 01:54 - 01:56 | He says yes, |
| 01:56 - 01:58 | He says... |
| 01:58 - 02:02 | He they still love each other, but he doesn't see how this mattered. |
| 02:05 - 02:07 | You know? |
| 02:10 - 02:11 | The guy. |
| 02:11 - 02:13 | The guy... |
| 02:15 - 02:17 | He said he couldn't pay for school |
| 02:17 - 02:20 | and that was who scholarships were there for |
| 02:21 - 02:28 | And details like his race, gender, religion shouldn't matter, compared to his personal finances. |
| 02:29 - 02:30 | Sounds upsetting! |
| 02:30 - 02:32 | It was, and he couldn't do anything. |
| 02:36 - 02:39 | The scholarship system is so... |
| 02:40 - 02:42 | So stacked against white boys. |
| 02:50 - 02:55 | So he will run out of money before he can graduate college. |
| 02:56 - 02:58 | There wasn't much money to give? |
| 02:58 - 03:04 | No, there is millions, just not for "privileged people" like him. |
| 03:04 - 03:09 | He told me later, he needed to change what he identified as. |
| 03:09 - 03:11 | So he told me that he... |
| 03:16 - 03:20 | He is a black, trans, Muslim woman. |
| 03:23 - 03:26 | And he self-identifies to be 28 as well. |
| 03:31 - 03:36 | Because the Department of Education can fuck right off! |
