White male only scholarship

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<p>Wow, you changed your post A LOT after I responded, in what seems to be an attempt to make me look bad?</p>

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Never did I claim this. Someone else said something about hundreds, you contested it, I was curious, looked it up, and shared my results.</p>

<p>Personally, I’ve never been one to argue against scholarships for minorities, and see it as directly tied to a history of oppression.</p>

<p>Further, I think there need to be more need-based scholarships; college often helps to further the class divide.</p>

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Just to point it out; even if they do include need, they aren’t available to poor white students.</p>

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<p>^ No. Didn’t see you response until after. Just slow editing on a tablet. Did I change something relevant? I will own it.</p>

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<p>You changed it from ~3 lines to an extensive list and a lot more said, including a suggestion that I believe URMs “have it made,” which I would have initially contested had I seen it.</p>

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<p>Fair enough. My points is not to you then.</p>

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<p>You should look through all requirements for those minority scholarships- keep in mind that there are different minority groups. There are so many strings attached. To receive UNCF scholarships you have to attend a historically black college in the southeast that no one has heard of. Many require dire financial need. So again many minorities are still disqualified from the plethora of minority scholarships- not to mention that there are a lot of dead links.</p>

<p>Also, minority scholarships don’t hinder middle class whites from attending college.</p>

<p>Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using CC App</p>

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<p>Shrinkrap, wikipedia does say that minority scholarships are the most common student-specific ones.</p>

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<p>Because there are more ethnic minorities than whites ^^^</p>

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<p>^^Is it possible that Wikepedia also perpetuates a myth, or at least an exaggeration? Maybe not, but I have been looking for three years for all the URM’s making out like bandits. I rarely meet kids in a position to take advantage of URM 'beni’s". I NEVER meet all the fortunate URM’s described on CC, and I want to know more about them. </p>

<p>That’s not to say me and my kids are not blessed/fortunate. We are.</p>

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<p>I think it’s likely that minorities are at an advantage in terms of scholarship opportunities. But I doubt that that advantage makes up for (even substantially) all the other areas they are at a disadvantage in. It helps equalize things a bit, maybe, but not in a significant way. That’s probably why despite this you observe what you do, Shrinkrap (or rather why you don’t observe what you don’t observe)</p>

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<p>Since coming to CC, my question has always been, "what percentage of blacks benefit from some form of affirmative action in higher education? ". I’d guess maybe one or two percent end up in the position to benefit.</p>

<p>This is NOT the some as “what percentage of blacks in higher education benefit from some form of affirmative action?”</p>

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<p>Um the white male scholarship is for white males with significant financial need.</p>

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<p>BTW; Not all Jackie Robinson scholars appear to be black.</p>

<p>[The</a> Jackie Robinson Foundation](<a href=“http://www.jackierobinson.org/about/scholars.php]The”>http://www.jackierobinson.org/about/scholars.php)</p>

<p>"Do I have to be a minority to apply for this scholarship?</p>

<p>The Jackie Robinson Foundation prides itself on its diverse pool of Scholars. If you feel that you are part of a minority group, we encourage you to apply. "</p>

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<p>At most of the colleges in my state, the scholarships are technically not race or sex based. Instead it will say “demonstrates great interest in racial issues” or something like that.</p>