(CNN) On the day George Floyd was laid to rest, Texas Southern University announced it would give a full scholarship to the 6-year-old whose father's death in custody has spurred global demands for an end to police brutality.
TSU's Board of Regents, with its foundation board, "has approved a fund to provide a full scholarship for Floyd's beloved daughter, Gianna," the university announced in a social media post. "TSU's executive and academic staff will prepare a place for Miss Floyd if she wishes to attend the University."
George Floyd was born in North Carolina and grew up in Houston, where he graduated from Jack Yates High School in the shadow of TSU. Floyd later moved to Minneapolis, where he died on May 25 while detained by police.
"My daddy changed the world," Gianna says in a video posted last week by Floyd's close friend, NBA player Stephen Jackson. "Daddy changed the world."
Attorneys for Gianna's mother have said they hope the public takes away an image of Floyd beyond his altercation with police.
robvenison on June 10th, 2020 at 13:40 UTC »
That’s a high price to pay
J-RocTPB on June 10th, 2020 at 12:58 UTC »
Didnt Kanye west already pay for her?
ClockwiseSuicide on June 10th, 2020 at 12:56 UTC »
Wait, for real? Most of the comments on here are resentful of this? “HOW DO WE KNOW SHE’S ACADEMICALLY QUALIFIED?”
I knew all of this Reddit activism was about optics and not about principles. Of course you don’t know if she’s qualified yet. That’s not the point. She lost her support system. She lost her father. She can and should use all of the tools and resources provided to her in this time of immense tragedy. Ya’ll are on some bs.