Woman slams trolls who say she got into uni because she’s black

Meet Daniella Courtney.

YouTuber, beauty blogger, Cambridge student and all round boss ass b*tch.

You would think a massive achievement like getting into Cambridge would spur her fellow peers to celebrate in her success, and congratulate her on the hard work that got her there – and for the most part, you'd be right.

 

 just debuted this beauty on my channel and everyone's loving the 'Fro ! This hair is from @lavyhair and you can see it in my new @fashionnova @fashionnovacurve try on haul just click the #linkinbio #kinkycurly #wig #virginhair

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But unfortunately, there's always one – or in this case, too many. 

Sadly, Daniella has been forced to highlight the racist comments she has been subjected to, just for getting into the university of her dreams.

Taking to Twitter, a fed-up Daniella shared a thread of comments from people questioning her place at Cambridge.

Do you know how many times I get comments on YT and even @'d about how 'lucky' I must feel to got to @Cambridge_Uni and how the 'quota'…

— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017

… needing to be met was my biggest helper. Or some sort of diversity outreach / initiative. Even had a comment on my video from…

— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017

…A young white male who expressed his fear of not getting a place at Cambridge because 'his place' would be occupied by 'people like me'.

— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017

And I just look at these things and think rah, but I got the grades. Avg 92 in AS, Did the interview and got the A*AA pic.twitter.com/y71YhBtXeR

— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017

Even had a guy tell me, me being at Cambridge was the perfect example of how getting into Cam 'is so easy nowadays' because I speak slang…

— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017

Do you think I write 'fam', 'rah', and 'peng' in these 2000 word essays that I write every three days and then just get tossed a 2:1 pic.twitter.com/LJdrwsxfn6

— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017

So if me with my intelligent, highly favoured, melanated, confident and well spoken self being at Cambridge makes you uncomfortable…

— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017

You need to fix your problem. 'Coz more of us are going to be rolling up and getting those degrees, MPhils and PhD's. Don't be bitter. pic.twitter.com/Y6dC9glrUF

— Courtney Daniella (@_CDBoateng) July 29, 2017

We've got to hand it to Daniella for keeping a level head while addressing this issue. 

The cool, calm and collected way in which she dealt with the negativity just goes to show that she absolutely deserves to be where she is today. 

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