White males only scholarship

[Llamaboy01]

No, its not racist and to say so shows a compleate lack of understanding (not to mention reading abilities). Meybe, just maybe in this world, if somone says we don't mean this in any rasict way....they might actually be telling the truth?

Whites have it rough in this nation. They totally need a leg up to stand on par with the rest of the nation.

Troll bait anyone?

 

[PinochetIsMyBro]

Why is it depressing that its down from 95%? And when was that 95% first recorded ?

If you have to ask the question, you wouldn't enjoy hearing the answer. So lets not go there. As for the 95%, I forget. Look it up. It's on wikipedia somewhere(demographic history of the Us or somesuch).

 

[Woodsey]

Why is it depressing that its down from 95%? And when was that 95% first recorded ?

If you have to ask the question, you wouldn't enjoy hearing the answer. So lets not go there. As for the 95%, I forget. Look it up. It's on wikipedia somewhere(demographic history of the Us or somesuch).

Oh, you're a racist.

And I can't find it, but I struggle to believe that its ever been 95% with all the black slavery right from the get-go. Not to mention natives, although I imagine many of them weren't included on any sort of census for quite some time.

 

[PinochetIsMyBro]

Oh, you're a racist.

And I can't find it, but I struggle to believe that its ever been 95% with all the black slavery right from the get-go. Not to mention natives, although I imagine many of them weren't included on any sort of census for quite some time.

Aw, baseless name calling. How cute. You must be one of those people who thinks screaming racist means you're making a valid point. I bet you don't even know the definition of the word.

 

[Thedutchjelle]

I never understood American Scholarships. I still don't even know what they are precisely. Why don't they just give everybody the money? We do that here in the Netherlands. You only get more if you can prove that your parents are not rich enough to pay their part, the race and gender of the student in question being irrelevant.

 

[DaJoW]

Sounds fine by me, and I'm a pinko.

 

[Woodsey]

Oh, you're a racist.

And I can't find it, but I struggle to believe that its ever been 95% with all the black slavery right from the get-go. Not to mention natives, although I imagine many of them weren't included on any sort of census for quite some time.

Aw, baseless name calling. How cute. You must be one of those people who thinks screaming racist means you're making a valid point. I bet you don't even know the definition of the word.

I'm not screaming it my dear, simply stating it. So which type are you? The supremacist, or the hater whose gonna hate? Unless, of course, you have a genuine reason for not liking the reduced percentage of white people - which I'd love to hear.

 

[MetroidNut]

Racism in America has been dead for decades, with the exception of the discredited, minuscule groups too insecure to accept that the amount of melanin in their skin does not, in fact, make them superior beings.

And yet race is still an issue. The fact that we as a society can't collectively "get over it" is incredibly distressing.

We should be awarding scholarships on merit and hardship, not skin color; excluding any ethnic group, for any reason, is still discrimination.

Sigh.

 

[Gudrests]

Equality works both ways, this is a great program.

I agree, and really, why not? I saw alot of Scholarships when I was getting ready for college, and it did look like they have scholarships for almost every ethnicity out there, so why not.

Same here the guidance counselor in my school went through 5 pages of scholarships before she even found 1...ONE for my ass. Mind you my grades are good...I partisipated in wrestling for 4 years and was the captian my senior year, never arrested, good standing with near everyone...and the black kid who had detention a good 4-5 times and cheated on every test was able to get somewhere like $100,000total...and i was at $1,000........EQUALITY...im going to stop writing now before I mention how my dad near Aced his Seargents test...and they gave the promotion to the Black guy (who got fired like 3 months later) who got a MUCH lower grade than him in EVERYTHING

 

[MetroidNut]

I never understood American Scholarships. I still don't even know what they are precisely. Why don't they just give everybody the money? We do that here in the Netherlands. You only get more if you can prove that your parents are not rich enough to pay their part, the race and gender of the student in question being irrelevant.

Because in America somebody would scream "SOCIALISM" for daring to upset the delicate political balance, and the idea would quickly be shot down.

 

[FaceFaceFace]

OP snip

Might I recommend adding an edit to the original post? It seems that some non-American users aren't aware that there are hundreds if not thousands of scholarships for every category other than white males, and rather than seeing this as a fair counter to those scholarships simply see it as racism.

 

[limberer]

TBH i've been gettin rather annoyed about a similar topic thats come up just today, being a white male in the UK i often feel excluded from alot of oppertunities because of who i am. For example the student elections in my university just came around this week and as i was strolling through the endless wall of posters "vote this" "vote that" etc, one caught my eye reading "the parliament cuts will affect blacks, ethnic minorities, women, lbgt's and the disabled and it made me rather annoyed me. Is this candidate implying that the cuts on education are going to affect everyone EXCEPT heterosexual white males? and im pretty sure that all the above mentioned groups make up more of the population than white males do. It's not just a racial issue, its also a sexism issue amongst other things. if people feel so strongly about equality amongst all people, why fight so hard against this one group? i can't help but feel that this particular group of people are more singled out than any other.

 

[sir.rutthed]

Why indignation? I'm not allowed to sign up for half the scholarships out there because I'm not a one-legged, blind, lesbian, aboriginal woman that lives in a 1km radius on the northeast side of town. At least with this one I would have a chance.

Edit: Why not get rid of these kinds of physical restrictions altogether? Make it based on what a person has done. I still wouldn't get any since I don't volunteer enough, but at least someone who deserves it, instead of the guy who only got it because he lives on a boat and has no ears.

I can see your point there. I haven't looked deep into the American scholarship system, but from the threads here and some other sporadic information it sure looks like one helluva clusterfuck. Sure, one that might've started out with the best intentions; provide opportunities for people who have the mental capabilities to go to college but can't afford it, but it seems to have grown into this...jungle of scholarships for all kinds of things for all kinds of reasons, leaving people who apparently aren't sad enough out in the cold.

Of course I don't know whether it really is like that, but it sure looks like it. I wholeheartedly agree with your statement; just drop the ridiculous physical restrictions. Well, that is, except for certain handicaps. Just imagine if a young version of Stephen Hawking couldn't go into college because he can't afford the extensive facilities he needs. That'd be one great mind gone to waste.

That's actually a pretty good summary. It's great that there's help out there for people who really need it, but because of our political climate and the stigmas that go with it, white males are always seen as entitled snobs from well connected families. I don't begrudge the people who set up scholarships for Blacks or Mexicans or women, but frankly white men need a little help sometimes too. Like I said in a previous post, I wish we could just do without the system that depends on race/sex/other things that aren't in themselves handicaps as qualifiers, but that's the system we have.

 

[WendelI]

Like tychus would say, "Its about damn time."...

No seriously, I probably qualify for like 700 different scholarship programs because I was born in another nation, my parents don't make much money, I'm interested in the fields of technology, I'm Hispanic and last but not least gay. While my old college roommate had to move out of housing because he couldn't pay for it and he was not gonna get any help from organizations because "White men are well off in life."--which is in it self, a stereotype. I see him from time to time, he has to drive to school about 2 hours every day he has to come but he says he would rather do that than pay for housing on full.

 

[Cynimod]

Speaking as an ethnic minority (Chinese-Canadian), I don't see a problem in this. Besides, this program serves as a good incentive for that target group.

 

[Yureina]

I don't see a problem with this at all.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

I can say that white heterosexual males have almost NO SCHOLARSHIPS available to them. I have made a thread about this before. I looked for 2 months for a scholarship for a white male engineering student, and besides automatically applied merit scholarships I found nothing.

It is good that he has made this scholarship. If I get loaded I will do the same for engineering students.

this.

i remember at my high school they had a book (literally it was 12 pages long) full of local scholarships that were offered every year, and not more than maybe 2 or 3 i could actually apply for, since i was a white male. Even then it was near impossible for me to be considered for it since you needed to be beyond perfect to be even considered for it.


still, it's only 25% white, it's not like you have to prove your a god damn Aryan or something.

I remember a while ago seeing that article where a white student won the south african scholarship or something and they refused to give it to them because the student was white, even though they were born and raised africa.

 

[Riff Moonraker]

Equality works both ways, this is a great program.

My sentiments exactly.