# Who pays for studies like this? **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579 **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [April 3, 2009, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579 "2009-04-03T07:56:18Z") **Posts on this page:** 14 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa) #### Post date: [April 3, 2009, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579/1 "2009-04-03T07:56:18Z")
I wanna know where this money comes from for someone to conduct this study [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102593649](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102593649) ---
### Author: ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe) #### Post date: [April 3, 2009, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579/2 "2009-04-03T07:58:19Z")
rappers and the NBA ---
### Author: ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life) #### Post date: [April 3, 2009, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579/3 "2009-04-03T08:00:49Z")
oprah ---
### Author: ![mike125k](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike125k/32/7282_2.png) [@mike125k](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mike125k) #### Post date: [April 3, 2009, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579/4 "2009-04-03T08:13:13Z")
I’m sure Jesse Jackson is working on his speech right now on how this can be blamed on racism by white people. ---
### Author: ![Eazy716](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eazy716/32/7443_2.png) [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716) #### Post date: [April 3, 2009, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579/5 "2009-04-03T08:13:35Z")
OJ ---
### Author: ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe) #### Post date: [April 3, 2009, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579/6 "2009-04-03T08:49:13Z")
No shit. Would have never guessed that.:roflpicard: ---
### Author: ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC) #### Post date: [April 3, 2009, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579/7 "2009-04-03T08:50:42Z")
I still wish there was an all white college. ---
### Author: ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe) #### Post date: [April 3, 2009, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579/8 "2009-04-03T08:53:47Z")
When I started getting into Ivy leagues i really wanted to apply to all of the black colleges and file a lawsuit on the first one that rejected me. ---
### Author: ![d3x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@d3x](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d3x) #### Post date: [April 3, 2009, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579/9 "2009-04-03T09:05:20Z")
it was probably paid for with your tax dollars ---
### Author: ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry) #### Post date: [April 3, 2009, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579/10 "2009-04-03T09:11:21Z")
What would it cost, $20 bucks to compile that data? Call a few HBCU’s, ask them what their graduation rate is, bam. Done. ---
### Author: ![Afrank45](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afrank45/32/5021_2.png) [@Afrank45](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Afrank45) #### Post date: [April 3, 2009, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579/11 "2009-04-03T09:12:40Z")
:picard: ---
### Author: ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen) #### Post date: [April 3, 2009, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579/12 "2009-04-03T09:14:39Z")
The other day the news down here said that only ~15% of the total florida population was african american, however, ~%60 of the people who were incarcerated in florida were african american. :lol: ---
### Author: ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe) #### Post date: [April 3, 2009, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579/13 "2009-04-03T09:18:54Z")
Until urban culture stops embracing doing hard time like a rite of passage, as opposed to ostracizing criminals like their suburban counterparts, it will always be that way. ---
### Author: ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry) #### Post date: [April 3, 2009, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-pays-for-studies-like-this/65579/14 "2009-04-03T09:19:18Z")
I really see no reason to let this thread continue. Sorry.