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This past May a white man from Kansas City with a 4.0 grade point average was named valedictorian at historically black Morehouse College in Atlanta.
In May, Joshua Packwood was honored as valedictorian of the Class of 2008 at Morehouse College, the historically black educational institution for men in Atlanta. Packwood majored in economics and had a 4.0 grade point average. During his years at Morehouse he studied abroad in China, Switzerland, and London. He was a finalist for a Rhodes Scholarship and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Now he has landed a job with the investment banking firm Goldman, Sachs in New York City.
Four years ago, Packwood, a track athlete at a predominantly black high school in Kansas City, was heavily recruited to come to Morehouse. Officials at Morehouse had no idea that the young student was white. When Packwood disclosed his ethnic background, Morehouse officials were surprised but they did not hold back in their efforts to convince him to come to Atlanta. This made a great impression on Packwood. In high school Packwood...