[HiTech RedNeck]

The Asians will prolly snap up almost all of them.

[imme09]

He must be a fool. Maybe his father is the one who cataputeled his company to number one in the United States. There are so many whites who cannot afford or even be accepted to universities because their parents earn a certain level income, but still in reality not enough to enroll them in colleges that charge the unrealistic fees the universities are charging them today. This very rich man, with no contact with the realities of life, is helping to keep America under par with the rest of the world. Please, America, stop idolizing someone just because he has achieved success in some particular field and become so wealthy in the process. Brilliant and creative Americans are being overlooked because of these softhearted, bleeding hearts, who have achieved prominence for their achievements in one particular field, and feel they should be more benevolent to society. Someone once said, “charity begins at home”. To some extent this may be true.

[svcw]

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Are African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific Islander American, or Hispanic American;
• Are a citizen/legal permanent resident or nationals of the United States;
• Have attained a cumulative GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (un-weighted);
• Will be enrolling for the first-time at a U.S. accredited* college or university as a full-time, degree-seeking, first-year student in the fall of 2010; or GED
• Have demonstrated leadership abilities through participation in community service, extracurricular or other activities;
• Meet the Federal Pell Grant* eligibility criteria; and
• Have all three forms (Nominee Personal Information Form completed by the student, Nominator Form completed by an educator familiar with the student’s academic record and a Recommender Form completed by a person familiar with the student’s leadership and community service) submitted by the deadline.

[SweetWilliamsMom]

First, I’m really replying to the poster but can’t figure out how. So apology.

What I’m wondering is why this situation isn’t analogous to the Bob Jones University situation of perhaps 15 years ago. As I remember, they had some sort of discriminatory dating policy, and the IRS sort of said, “Well you can do whatever you want, but you can’t be tax exempt if you discriminate on the basis of race.”

I’m honestly asking — why couldn’t someone prevented from even applying for a Gates Foundation scholarship sue to have that tax exempt status removed? I’m guessing that someone had to originally complain to the IRS re Bob Jones University. Heck, what would really be funny would be if the Foundation had to (or chose to) take some sort of remedial action for all those against whom it discriminated on the basis of race.

What’s really sad is how this is oh, so different from what Martin Luther King talked about. I’m old enough to remember his “poor people’s march on Washington.” In the context of that march, I remember his talking about how there were a lot more poor white people than black people. I believe he made sure that there were white people in that march. I certainly don’t agree with MLK’s leftist positions, but he’d never have got the publicity on his leftist positions had he not first attained recognition for his work against terrible racial discrimination in this country.

[Lexinom]

I remember the chuckle I got when I learned the Mandarin term for “work” (place of employment) sounds like “going-to-school”: gong zhuo.

[ketelone]

Well, its his choice who he wants to give his money to. One may say whatever one wants, but its his money.