Two speakers (labeled A and B) discuss racial and economic disparities in romantic/educational finances. They argue that many white women can "go 50-50" financially because the money often comes from parents (e.g., college athletes supported by "daddy's money"), whereas Black and Latina women fund expenses from their own FAFSA/Pell grants and therefore make greater sacrifices. The exchange includes concrete references to Pell Grant amounts changing over college years and an anecdote about attending boarding school and being a tennis partner with a male peer.
Someone said, la carancita women always end up giving 200%.
A lot of these white women can go 50, 50 with some of these.
Black men.
Because their 50 is not their 50. It's their daddy's 50.
That's why you got a lot of these white girls with these college athletes.
That, like, do a lot for these people. For these college athletes, it's not their money. That's their parents money, generally their daddy's money. So they're not actually giving anything.
But if you're a black girl or a Latina girl.
And you want to do 50 50, you coming out of your own FAFSA check, girl.
No shade.
The sacrifice is greater. And many of us can't do that because then you can't eat while you studying.
Anyway.
Someone said, not my password check. Honey. Some of us thought we were rich, Honey, at the beginning of the semester and then 60% into that semester, we understood that we were PO.
That Pell Grant went to hell after that second or third year. Honey, honey, you were living in that freshman year. Junior year you got. You had a thousand dollars in Pell.
Grant money, honey.
Freshman year you had $10,000.
People saying, that's me. Yeah, girl, it was me, too. We all live. We all live that same life.
Funny, funny story. I went to boarding school with a pal. I was actually tennis partners with him.