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Black boy turns down cambridge due to lack of 'music scene'

Hey guys, my sociology teacher gave me this homework task to complete and it was basically to search for different news articles and decide why they had been considered 'newsworthy'
I came across this one and thought it would provoke a lot of thought and discussion which would help me with my homework :biggrin:

Here it is:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003581/Cambridge-No-thanks-got-music-scene-What-17-year-old-rapper-told-university-bosses.html

I'd like as much responses from this as possible so if anyone doesn't want to read the entire article, here's a quick summary:

- Franklyn Addo (17) grew up in a very tough estate in London and is an aspiring rapper
- He got 100% in his sociology AS exams
- Got accepted to study to study Politics, Psychology and Sociology at Cambridge- Turned down Cambridge and chose LSE instead
- Says he prefers the modern buildings rather than the old cathedral-style ones in Cambridge
- Says it would have been difficult for him to carry on with music if he went to Cambridge

Why has this even been reported? - why was it considered 'newsworthy'?
Maybe there's more to this story?
Shouldn't we hear more to his side of the story? (idk, but I feel like there's more to someone rejecting Cambridge than there being 'no music scene' - maybe news articles have put this statement out of context)
Is this story a way of making black people seem short sighted?
Could there be any other reasons he turned down the University that wasn't mentioned?

I'd like people to contribute to this thread so I can have a lot to say in my essay (hence why I'm also doing an assembly on it in school as I find it really interesting to hear other people's opinions on this topic)

Also, if trolls could refrain from any form of racial abuse pls :o:

P.S. Sorry for the extreme use of clickbait in the thread title lol

THANKS IN ADVANCE! :u:

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Reply 1

GOKU27

'Black boy' as well, not even student smh

Reply 2

Joep95

I think this story shows something important and what goes against the people who want equal results, people are different and are driven by different things.

More power to him!

Why are you even remotely interested in this.

Reply 5

The_Lonely_Goatherd

No one likes Cambridge anyway - it's a **** uni :yep:

Reply 6

ThatOldGuy

He has his priorities straight.

He doesn't care about networking(Not that his rap career would be improved by the networking at Cambridge) and chose to go someplace he feels more at home.

The Cambridge name doesn't mean anything to the future he envisions.

I wouldn't choose to go to Cambridge, either.

Reply 7

chloe12340

Original post by GOKU27

'Black boy' as well, not even student smh

sorry, didn't mean to offend :frown:

thought that stating the fact that he was black would encourage people to think more sociologically about why the story was even reported

Reply 8

Feel Tha Bern

It's his choice and if it's not right for him, he has shown an impressive level of maturity in not bowing to pressure.

He's clearly proven himself and he politely gave reasons for his turning down of the place

Reply 9

the bear

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Reply 10

the bear

Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd

No one likes Cambridge anyway - it's a **** uni :yep:

wash your mouth out with soap

PS how is the car factory ? :rofl:

Reply 11

Silver Arrow

Lol this is from 2011. Why mention the fact that he's black? Are you race baiting???

Reply 12

sunni money

lol at 100% in sociology AS

Reply 13

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Original post by the bear

wash your mouth out with soap

PS how is the car factory ? :rofl:

Reply 14

chloe12340

Original post by sunni money

lol at 100% in sociology AS

lol?

Reply 15

the bear

Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd

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Reply 16

chloe12340

Original post by Silver Arrow

Lol this is from 2011. Why mention the fact that he's black? Are you race baiting???

I'm aware it's not exactly current but it's still something? I mentioned he was black because I thought people would think about this issue more sociologically and also so people would be intrigued and click on the thread. really didn't mean to offend :frown:

Reply 17

The_Lonely_Goatherd