A white student raised over $10,000 when her parents refused to give her money because she is dating a black man.
Allie Dowdle, 18, launched a GoFundMe page to raise money for the rest of her college tuition, reports BBC.
“I’ve applied and received some scholarship money through financial aid, including grants, loans, and work-study, but I still need at least $10,000 to cover the first year of my remaining out of pocket tuition for college by May 1st,” Dowdle wrote.
Dowdle claimed she needed the money because her parents cut her off when she announced that her boyfriend is black.
“All of this because I love another human being, as I was taught to do. How could my love for another person be wrong because of his skin color? And why would that make me unworthy of a future I’ve worked so hard for?” Dowdle maintained.
Dowdle’s father, Bill, told the New York Daily News that he is not upset about her boyfriend’s race. While a black boyfriend is not his “preference” because of issues with interracial dating in the South, Bill said it’s time his daughter grew up.
“It became obvious that she needed to go out in the world and grow up,” he said, adding that she was becoming spoiled.
Some GoFundMe users are not sympathetic to Dowdle’s plight.
“Dating a black man and sending a privileged white girl to college who can’t get a job because her parents took away her car is absolutely ridiculous. Take a bus,” one user commented. “This campaign is an absolute insult to the millions of people who have been supporting themselves (and their families) for years…”
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