BU group offers white scholarship

[The Straight Story]

BU group offers white scholarship
Award meant to protest race-based scholarships

Clarissa Bottesini
Issue date: 11/21/06 Section: News

Looking to draw attention to what they call the "worst form of bigotry confronting America today," Boston University's College Republicans are circulating an application for a "Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship" that requires applicants be at least 25 percent Caucasian.

"Did we do this to give a scholarship to white kids? Of course not," the scholarship reads. "Did we do it to trigger a discussion on what we believe to be the morally wrong practice of basing decisions in our schools and our jobs on racial preferences rather than merit? Absolutely."

The scholarship, which is privately funded by the BUCR without the support of the university, is meant to raise awareness, group members say. BUCR member argue that racial preferences are a form of "bigotry." The group has a similar view on affirmative action.

The application for the $250 scholarship, due Nov. 30, requires applicants be full-time BU undergraduate students and one-fourth Caucasian and maintain at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA. Applicants must submit two essays, one describing the applicant's ancestry and one describing "what it means to you to be a Caucasian-American today."

BUCR President Joe Mroszczyk said he spoke to Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore before publicly releasing the scholarship to make sure it would be legal. Mroszczyk said BUCR members also talked to others beforehand, some of whom were initially "agitated or upset" but understood the point after members explained themselves, he said.

http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2006/11/21/News/Bu.Group.Offers.White.Scholarship-2505837.shtml?sourcedomain=www.dailyfreepress.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com

[Lex]

1. Yeah, we need to level the playing field for whites in this country.

Dumbasses. :eyes:

[JohnLocke]

2. DUPE

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2776555&mesg_id=2776555

[Mythsaje]

3. They have to be at least 25% white?

Does that seem particularly odd to anyone else?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. once again the majority feels oh so oppressed

:eyes:

[WindRavenX]

5. isn't it lame?

"wah wah wah wah I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooo oppressed"

[mom cat]

9. Poor pampered babies don't know oppression from shit!

This reverse discrimination theory is crap! They have never been discriminated against in their whole white skinned privileged lives! None of them could stand up to five minutes of the kind of discrimination that they dish out every day without whining for mommy!

[marmar]

6. Is there a bigger group of neandrathals than College Republicans?

I overheard College Repugs at the University of Michigan (although CRs probably are an oppressed minority in Ann Arbor:) ) promoting an "illegal immigrant" football game in which the losing team was deported.

[RethugAssKicker]

7. This is a RANGEL TACTIC being used... back at us !...Do you see it?

[devilgrrl]

8. I'm all for it, just as long that no "micks" or "guineas" are allowed to apply*

:sarcasm:


* - I'm so just kidding!