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jayctravis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-22-06 05:53 PM
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48. They did it to make a point, and it's actually valid.
If there can be a United Negro College Fund...technically there should be a Caucasian College Fund.

While I hate when the pundits try play the "reverse racism" card I can see their point on this.

Perhaps it wouldn't be a bad thing to eliminate race from scholarships and awards, since the point is eliminating barriers by race altogether.

All they would have to do would be eliminate the racial requirements from the application. Make it a scholarship about inner-city youth or advancement of the underprivileged. They can award the scholarships to whom they want but at least let everyone apply.

I hate racism, but you eliminate it by removing racial persecutions and well as racial benefits.

And yes...I know. Minorities have less opportunities for advancement. But the reasons for granting a scholarship should be merit and need, not parentage, race, or color.

I hope they decide to give these $250 "caucasian" scholarships to someone who needs the money...a student struggling to make ends meet who needs books or something.
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