<p>Scholarships</a> for White Males Only</p>
<p>What do you guys think?</p>
<p>I think scholarships should be available for all races . In my opinion, scholarships should be available to students of any gender, any race and any citizenship. As a society, we shouldn’t feel the need to make scholarships so detailed or in a way exclusive; I think anybody who can demonstrate that they are deserving of a scholarship should in turn receive that scholarship . Why does race or gender have to come into the discussion ?</p>
<p>I agree with swissbrit. I do think that talent should come more into play with scholarships then someones race or gender. You can’t choose your race or gender, making one person’s scholarship money way more then another person. With talent (though not all talent can be choosen) you can get money for doing something that you love and are good at doing.</p>
<p>I dont think that this man is trying to be racist, but simply trying to make a point. There are scholarships that are for Women, African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics, everyone but white males. Why? Now whether all scholarship programs should be available to all people, that is a different question.</p>
<p>I agree, I don’t think the man is racist either. A bit radical ? Yes. I do see his point though. There are many dedicated scholarships for specific genders and races. I think we should just do away with scholarships that only cater to a select number of individuals based on certain demographics like gender or race. I think scholarship programs should be available to all people.</p>
<p>I dont think he’s even very radical. This is a new “hot” topic in college discussions. The demographic that has been shrinking and is “threatening” to be an URM is a white lower class male. Thats why boys are admitted to certain (with higher than 50/50 ratio)colleges with a lower gpa/sat scores than girls.</p>
<p>Sabretoothtt, There are scholarships for women, not just white women; for AA, not just AA men.</p>
<p>I’d prefer scholarships based on financial need. There can be well-off minorities, and impoverished non-minorities and vice versa. The scholarships that would be the most meaningful would be targeted at the lowest income brackets with students living in harsh conditions or those who are first generation college students.</p>
<p>Scholarships should be based on, like 2010 Hopeful said, financial need, yes, but most importantly, /their application/. If you’ve got an African American woman with a really good application, but a white male shows up with an application not as good, it doesn’t seem right to give a scholarship to the white male simply for his race/gender, and vice versa.</p>
<p>Scholarships should be offered to the hard working and the deserving, regardless of their race or gender.</p>
<p>I think it’s alright to have that scholarship because there are a lot of minority scholarships, but not many for specifically caucasian people. Isn’t that a bit unfair?</p>
<p>^ it’s not like anything’s really fair when it comes to admissions, anyway. </p>
<p>personally, i think this scholarship is justified. if other minority groups can have scholarships for them and exclusively them, i think any group (yes, even the “majority”) has the right to have a scholarship for them, too</p>
<p>Many thoughtful responses and in theory, I agree. But let me ask this:</p>
<p>The next time you see a scholarship that is restricted to insert-minority-here, would you be willing to trade skins or gonads for the rest of your life with that qualifying kid just to be eligible?</p>
<p>I agree with 2010 Hopeful. But it’s possible minorities may be disadvantaged in other ways…</p>
<p>It’s a privately funded scholarship, not public funding…if I were independently wealthy and wanted to fund a scholarship for males over 5’10" who are competitive belly dancers and own peregrine falcons, I’d do it and not worry a bit about who I might be excluding. </p>
<p>The moral of this story is that if you’re willing to look hard enough, there’s a scholarship out there to fit just about anyone’s idiosyncrasies…</p>
<p>The same thought process can apply to Black History Month or Women’s History Month. Why isn’t there a Men’s History Month or a Caucasian History Month? If that were to happen, then we would all be going CRAZY…</p>
<p>Also, as a colored person, I can say that being a “minority” isn’t the most horrible thing that could have ever happened. I don’t even think about it on a daily basis. I’m sure it is worse for some than others, but it is not the be all end all. Times have changed, and it is a lot easier being colored now than it was fifty years ago.</p>
<p>I’ve ead a little about these. I think that colleges and other schools would prefer that donors not earmark donations but many people do. I read that there is a prize (similar to scholarship? not really sure) at PE where a student who is a legacy and plays an instrument (I don’t think it has to be a specific instrument) gets a prize.</p>
<p>Obviously the donor wanted the money to go to a musician who is also a child of an alumnae.</p>
<p>Sometimes the colleges and boarding schools cannot find a deserving student who meets all the criteria that the donor sets down and then they don’t give it out.</p>
<p>Should they have refused the money??? I’m undecided but I would think that they could make the determination that the restrictions did not fit within the general characteristics of the organization, so for an organization that is trying to promote diversity this could be an issue because if say BS#1 accepts the $$$ to give out to a student, they in effect are giving it out.</p>
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<p>You are Southeast Asian so you probably don’t know that “colored” is a derogatory term that was used to classify and describe African Americans - particularly during segregation and slavery.</p>
<p>So please know the translation and the common use of the term. In the U.S. you’re not considered “colored”. You’re going to be seen as Asian who is a person “of color.”</p>
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<p>Make no mistake - it is easier to be a person “of color” these days. But by no means is it the painless panacea you paint. If anything, there are more positive stereotypes associated with being Asian, than for those for whom the term was meant.</p>
<p>Son is a southpaw so I’m on the hunt for those scholarships for left-handed people. Not sure if it’s an urban myth or if they do exist but if I find some, we’re applying and not looking back :)</p>
<p>Exie, I think there may have been a misinterpretation. I do not mean “colored” in a negative way. I mean it literally. My skin is of a color. Although I have been called some very nasty names because of the color of my skin (much worse than simply “colored”), I do realize that I face much less discrimination as an Asian. I’m sorry if I offended anybody by using that term. I rather thought that it was one of the more neutral descriptions all things considered. Been there done that…
Sometimes my race is thrown back at me, but I have enough confidence in myself to not give a “snap” anymore. I’ve been verbally attacked because of the color of my skin. One person thought I was a terrorist (I’m Indian). Others simply find my darker skin color unattractive, and they make their opinions well known. However, I still have friends and family that love me for who I am, dark skin and all.
I know that there are others who face much worse discrimination than me. I go to a very open-minded school with wonderful people. Not all are so fortunate. I hope that everyone can find friends who can appreciate you for who you are and what you can offer.
Exie, I was born in raised in the United States. My parents were not. However, I have used the term “colored” with several of my mother’s colleagues and plenty of them are African American (conversationally of course!) None of them find it offensive. We generally use the term when speaking of the civil war or other race related events. Perhaps the term is not accepted in NE, but where I live, “colored” is pretty PC.</p>