GOP group at BU offers aid to whites

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/11/22/gop_group_at_bu_offers_aid_to_whites/?p1=email_to_a_friend


Scholarship aimed to highlight race issue


Boston University's Republican students group has started a scholarship for white students, to spark debate about race-based programs.

"We are trying to convey the absurdity of any race-based scholarship," said Joseph Mroszczyk, a senior from Danvers who is president of the university's College Republicans. "I don't think race should be part of any scholarship. It should be based on merit or economic need."

The $250 scholarship, which will be funded by the chapter and will do little to meet the university's base tuition of $33,330, has ignited a debate on campus about whether it is the right way to address views on race-based scholarships and affirmative action.

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The scholarship requires the recipient to be at least one quarter white and to have at least a 3.2 grade point average. Applicants have to submit a photo of themselves and write two short essays about their race. The first question asks applicants to describe their ancestry and the other, what it means to be a Caucasian-American today.
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[warrens]

1. They have a point

Let's offer the poor little deprived punks free lynchings.

[ThomCat]

2. And let's see them prove that white people

have suffered discrimination throughout their lives already. Let's see them show that society systematically undervalues and underrates them. Let's see them show that their neighborhood schools are consistently underfunded and less well maintained. Let's see them show that white people consistently score lower on standardized tests because of cultural biases in the tests.

Then I'll agree with this. Until then it's just more racist shit.

[PhenyxReturns]

3. Oh Joy!

I get to watch my fellow liberals pull out all the old chestnuts again instead addressing the issue presented. Christmas has come early again this year.

:popcorn:

[FredScuttle]

4. OK, let's address the issue presented

To quote Steve Gilliard, "White suburban kids going to one of the most expensive private universities in the US feel victimized."

I think this is yet another racist, ignorant stunt by a College Republican chapter, a brainstorm of entitled, privileged punks. What's your take on it?

[marmar]

7. Exactly....

I'm sorry, but College Republicans have no interest in sparking a serious debate on a topic. I was at a Borders Bookstore in Ann Arbor recently when someone from the statewide College Republicans organization was talking to some members of the University of Michigan chapter, chatting up an "Illegal Immigrant" football game in which the losing team was "deported." They're bigoted neandrathals.

[MnFats]

12. Thom and Fred are on the money, so to speak. absolutely right.

this is a racist publicity-hound stunt.
if they could prove that the field was absolutely level, and had been for a few generations, you could MAYBE argue with a shred of credibility that scholarships for minorities/people of color are something close to "fair."
this is bullshit and not worth pursuing further.

[k_jerome]

5. I believe the issue has been addressed directly...nt

[ComerPerro]

9. You have no "fellow liberals" here. You are a troll. Get lost.

[sniffa]

14. oh joy

i get to watch disruptors act Like asshoLes.

:popcorn:

[Greyhound]

6. Is class prejudice acceptable, while racial is not? n/y

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

8. Been there...done that.....

They did it at Roger Williams in Bristol, RI.

These freeps are original, aren't they?

[ComerPerro]

10. College Rethugs try to use bad irony to cover their racism

They always do shit like this. Bake sales where minorites have to pay more, for example.

They say it is to show why affirmative action is wrong, but really its just very thinly veiled racism.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

13. The real irony of the Roger Williams instance

Was that the head of the Young Republicans who proposed the "white only" money was Latino and had gotten a Hispanic related grant/scholarship. Of course, when questioned about that, his only reply was "I earned that award.".

[ComerPerro]

15. Yeah I remember that case. Kind reminds me of my favorite anchor baby

Michelle Malkin

[ComerPerro]

11. you know another good way White Republicans can earn college tuition?

they could, oh, I don't know, JOIN THE FUCKING MILITARY AND GO ACTIVE DUTY IN IRAQ