Posted on 11/24/2006 8:16:43 AM PST by Jay777
Via ABC
Joe Mroszczyk, president of the College Republicans at Boston University, admits he set out to stir up a hornet's nest when he came up with the idea of offering a whites-only scholarship at the school. But he got a little more buzz than he bargained for."To tell you the truth, we didn't see this coming," Mroszczyk said. "The Drudge Report picked it up yesterday, and today I just finished a round of national interviews. It's kind of overwhelming."
All the media attention is focused on a $250 Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship offered by Mroszczyk and the BU chapter of the College Republicans. Applicants must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher; they must write two essays; and, here's the kicker, they must be at least one-quarter Caucasian.
The application itself offers an explanation: "We believe that racial preferences in all their forms are perhaps the worst form of bigotry confronting America today."
I laughed out loud when I heard this news. I've always thought that those pushing for special treatments based on race would not like the idea as much if it were applied to whites. Now I see I was right. When the shoe is on the other foot they drag out the ol level playing field argument. How is it not racist to have scholarships with race as a criteria? I think this was a brilliant move with the clear motive stated on exposing the racist attitude behind such scholarships.
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Go Terriers!
The purveyors of state-sponsored racism are surely outraged by this. Any attempt to make the system even a little more fair toward non-"minorities" will evoke screaming like you've never seen before.
remember, only whitey can be a racist.
If white people do it, it causes outrage. Bank on it.
Both of my kids were Chairmen of their College Republican clubs. I know they will always look back on the great times they had fondly! Heck, I still get a good chuckle thinking of some of the things they did!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
I believe they could get a LOT of donors to this program if they really wanted them.
Watch the GOP (Rove, Martinez) kill this first.
I want to play on the BU basketball and, for that matter, the football teams. Can I get a scholarship? I highly doubt there are any Asians on the team....Actually, I think that is racist!!!! (Sarcasm off)
A "level playing field" is not about fairness. Never has been. It's about who gets to make the rules.
one only has to be 25% white ?
how is that a caucasian scholarship ?
sounds like the one-drop rule is sill alive ...
see previous post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1743391/posts
Remember, this is pretty much a goof on all of the "your-favorite-racial/ethnic-group-here" scholarships. In most of those cases, 1/4 membership in the racial or ethnic group is all that is required for qualification.
"We have to look at the situation honestly," he said(David Coreas, the 21-year-old senior who is president of the Latino fraternity Phi Iota Alpha at BU). "Caucasians tend to have a higher per capita income than Latinos and other minorities. We have to have scholarships to survive."
Coreas said he would welcome an honest dialogue on campus about race and affirmative action.
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Maybe we should have an honest debate on why Caucasians have a higher per capita income than Latinos and other minorities.
1) Scholarship for caucasians
AND
2) Scholarship for blacks who want to be caucasian
3)Scholarship for caucasians who want to be black
4) Scholarship for women who want to be men
5) Scholarship for men who want to be women
Jonathan Swift would applaud these modest proposals.
Brilliant idea...very similar to the affirmative action bake sales. Americans are a fair people, and affirmative action asks them to accept what is at heart an unfair practice that rewards the undeserving.
What he doesn't meet the 3.2 GPA requirement or he isn't 1/4 caucasion?
Someone should tell Coreas Hispanic is a culture, not a race.
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