Former Parkland student, Kyle Kashuv,
had been accepted into Harvard University until someone posted a
racist text he had sent at age 16 online. I would say he was just
being bombastic with his group of friends, but in any case, he has
apologized. After that text became public, Harvard withdrew their
acceptance of his college application.
Conservatives are angry at Harvard
because Kyle gained notoriety after the Parkland shooting when he
became a conservative voice for the 2nd Amendment and
other conservative views. Those conservative views combined with the
racist text is clearly why Harvard revoked their acceptance. I
understand the anger because this was obviously based, in part, on
his political views, but not the overreaction. Maybe Kyle can get the
prestigious university to change its mind, but there are many other
schools if they don't.
I prefer to talk about choices. We live
in an age where the youth of today are putting their entire lives
online. When I want to look at the photos of my life, I have to dig
through a box of printed photos with writing on the back. People of
today only have to log onto Facebook to see their life through photos
and text. People don't think twice about posting photos of their
young children online where anyone can view them, even pedophiles.
