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Black Professionals

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Andrew Koonce is a master violinist based out of Atlanta. He was named concertmaster of the Georgia Music Association’s All-State Middle School Orchestra. The title goes to the most skilled musician in the section.

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The Imafidon family is known as the smartest family in the U.K. The youngest siblings, Peter and Paula, made history by becoming the youngest students to enroll in secondary school. Their older sister, Anne-Marie, was the youngest student to pass A-level computing at the age of 13.

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Ginger Howard is the youngest Black American woman to become a pro golfer. Howard is competing to become the fifth Black American woman to join the LPGA Tour.

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Matsuda-Lawrence said the goal of the “I, Too, Am Harvard” campaign is for the Harvard administrators to take note of the movement and address it directly.

“Our biggest demand would be for the president and administration to issue a public statement in response to the affirmation action article to support students of color, and say why they value diversity on campus.”

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I read the article the video is powerful. This was my experience at Boston College. That was almost 15 years ago and people are still experiencing the same separatist and lonliness in higher education. This makes me sad on one hand we don't belong in their world where our contribution is constantly devalued. On the other hand we are isolated in and from our own community for overachieving and not "representing" the ignorance that defines us mostly through media. We are stuck looking inward to find ourselves and looking outward for each other for the validation only we could ever understand. Sorry for rambling but this hits a nerve. People flourish in environments where there is constant love and positive reinforcement while we are constantly questioned, mocked, devalued, unrecognized and challenged for our achievements and despite receiving mostly negativity we survive.