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Charles Barkley rewriting his will to make Auburn ‘more diverse’

Basketball legend Charles Barkley plans to rewrite his will in an effort to make his alma mater, Auburn University, “more diverse” in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action last week.

Barkley, who is set to headline a new primetime weekly CNN show “King Charles,” with longtime broadcaster Gayle King this fall, told media outlet AL.com that he wanted to do something to help black students at his alma mater after hearing the news.

Barkley, also known as “Sir Charles,” initially had in his will his plan to donate $5 million to the Alabama-based University.

“In my will, I am leaving Auburn $5 million,” the 60-year-old NBA Legend told the media outlet on Friday. “I’m going to change it to be just for scholarships for Black students. That’s just my way of trying to make sure Auburn stays diverse.”

“I love Auburn,” Barkley added. “I’ve actually changed it to be used for kids from poor homes. But after that ruling yesterday, my phone was blowing up. I was talking to my friends and said, ‘I need to make sure Black folks always have a place at Auburn.”

“So, I’m gonna change my will and make it exclusive for Black students—all $5 million.’ It’s just for me the right thing to do. I always want to make sure that Auburn’s diverse.”

The NBA Hall of Famer also said that he initially thought of making his bequest exclusive to Black students, but decided not to, according to AL.com.

“We’ve always lacked diversity,” Barkley said. “I’m doing my part to make sure we are more diverse.”

Barkley’s decision came a day after the Supreme Court struck down the use of race being a factor for college admissions. The court’s decision upended a decades-long practice of colleges and universities using affirmative action programs to select students from the applicant pools.

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by Anonymousreply 17September 23, 2023 4:55 AM

Good for him.

by Anonymousreply 1July 3, 2023 2:01 AM

He's awesome.

More black celebrities need to match him.

Put their money where their mouth is.

by Anonymousreply 2July 3, 2023 2:02 AM

I assume the giving of race-based scholarships by state universities will need to be fixed.

by Anonymousreply 3July 3, 2023 5:16 AM

I don't know her.

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by Anonymousreply 4July 3, 2023 8:30 AM

[quote] “I’m going to change it to be just for scholarships for Black students.

Nobody can object to his desire to spend his own money as he wishes but the university will spotlight its own hypocrisy if they accept his terms. They claim they disapprove of discrimination.

I𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑎𝑤, 𝐴𝑢𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝐴𝑛𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡’𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑟, 𝑠𝑒𝑥, 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛, 𝑎𝑔𝑒, 𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠) 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜ℎ𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

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by Anonymousreply 5July 3, 2023 11:00 AM

R5, there are already a huge number of scholarships which are exclusively for children of veterans, and veteran status is also a protected class.

by Anonymousreply 6July 3, 2023 12:38 PM

This doesn't wash for me.

"Only" black students!?

by Anonymousreply 7July 3, 2023 12:41 PM

It's his money.

He can do whatever he wants with it, and he can give it to whomever he chooses.

by Anonymousreply 8July 3, 2023 12:53 PM

[quote] “In my will, I am leaving Auburn $5 million,” the 60-year-old NBA Legend told the media outlet on Friday.

[quote] It's his money. He can do whatever he wants with it, and he can give it to whomever he chooses.

Once it becomes Auburn’s money, Auburn, a state university, can’t do whatever it wants to with it.

by Anonymousreply 9July 3, 2023 1:02 PM

Instead of giving it to Auburn, he should create a Charles Barkley scholarship for black kids.

Make it an athletic scholarship or something like that.

If he's worried about who will administer the funds, he should create a board or a committee now, and start figuring out how he's going to give out the scholarship.

In fact, he should start the scholarship now, and set up the whole thing while he's alive. Then he can make sure it's being run properly, and maybe even figure out how he can invest that money to make the scholarship grow.

Why does it have to go specifically to Auburn?

by Anonymousreply 10July 3, 2023 1:09 PM

It's probably just a knee jerk reaction and after getting legal advice etc he will do the scholarship thing as R10 suggests.

by Anonymousreply 11July 3, 2023 1:15 PM

Yea, please, let’s make it even easier for black kids to go to college while poor white, Asian, Native American and Hispanic kids suffer due to the racism of people like crazy cunt Charles Barkley

by Anonymousreply 12July 3, 2023 2:48 PM

The problem with this ruling is that since the 1970s, affirmative action has benefited white women the most because it integrated gender.

Now the supreme courts removed race from affirmative action from universities. They didn’t remove affirmative action, they took the race out of it.

So at the end of the day, people don’t have a problem with affirmative action, they have a problem with giving anything to black people.

Because they just made affirmative action more white dominated and no one will complain about that.

Again, it’s just a win for white supremacy.

by Anonymousreply 13July 3, 2023 3:21 PM

R12 That's a bit of twisted logic.

by Anonymousreply 14July 3, 2023 3:39 PM

[quote] It's his money.

[Quote] He can do whatever he wants with it, and he can give it to whomever he chooses.

So you feel the same way about a rich white person who creates a scholarship that is only for white students?

by Anonymousreply 15July 3, 2023 6:11 PM

So has anyone else followed in Charles Barkley's footsteps on this issue?

by Anonymousreply 16September 23, 2023 4:00 AM

[quote] I’m going to change it to be just for scholarships for Black students.

I have no objection to how he spends his money but wonder how the university would react to another millionaire making the same sort of arrangement ONLY for the benefit of white students?

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