Makes sense to me. There is a special scholarship for every other group. I love t his part of the article: What a load of horse shit. http://www.collegescholarships.org/other-minority-scholarships.htm
well if they made the scholarship for white's that were super poor i mean like never owned a pair of shoes poor i wouldn't have a problem with it
So, you think that the other racially targets scholarships are only given to "never owned a pair of shoes" non-white people?
obviously not they are given by race regardless of income. My point is i just don't see white people as a group as needing a ton of help but if someone want's to help the really poor ones great
Median income by race : Distribution of Household Income by Race — Infoplease.com White : $50,673 Black : $31,969 Hispanic : $37,781 If scholarships are distributed by race they should definitely come with income requirements.. in all cases.
So, its not about uplifting all people. Its about pulling certain people down based on race, so that everyone is equally uneducated? Its like socialism. Nobody gets rich, everyone is equally poor.
Its fine with me if you wanna throw your money away for a cause that is more symbolic than anything. If you're well off you dont need financial scholarships, its that simple. Scholarships make more sense for people of color because they are more likely to need the money, because its more difficult to get an proper education if you're parents are working two full time jobs and your public school education blows
Their are more poor whites in this country then blacks and hispanics.....And white families can have two parents working full time too. Also, mexicans and blacks dont go to different schools then whites. We dont have "minority only " schools. our country does not allow that.
What? Scholarships are usually for people who aren't well off. Just being white doesn't make you "well off". You could say the same thing about white people. White people aren't some separate species of human with money making super powers. I also hate the term 'people of color'. Are you saying that white people have no color? Its another clue in to how you see whites & non-whites as two separate entities, instead of just seeing human beings.
Well if you dont have an income requirement on the scholarship, and the only requirement is that your skin is white, the scholarship could easily be taken advantage of by people who just want $500.. I absolutely agree that there should be a white only scholarship, but to make the scholarship as helpful (as opposed to wasteful) it should only go to the people that need it, that being low income whites.. Boobz made a good point that there are alot of low income white people..
I dont have a problem with a income level based scholarships. Right now, whites/blacks/and hispanics can all earn MERRIT based scholarships.
Personally, I don't care. I just find it hilarious all ethnic groups are finding ways to picture themselves as more insignificant than the other or that each clique of Hispanics has an opposite agenda of living than a clique of "Afro"-Americans.
How about just rethinking the whole thing so only poor people who need financial aids and scholarships actually get them?
naa i dont like that. I like rewarding people based on their preformance, not just being poor. We still need to keep MERRIT based scholarships.