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‘Whites only’ Columbia $hock
New York Post ^ | May 15, 2013 | JULIA MARSH

Posted on 05/15/2013 7:47:37 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Jim Crow may be dead in most of America — but not at Columbia University.

Almost 50 years after the Civil Rights Act ended legal discrimination, the bastion of liberalism is finally trying to change one of its scholarships, which is restricted to “whites only.”

The Ivy League school’s Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowship stipulates that the funds be given only to “a person of the Caucasian race.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: colleges; columbia; columbiau; educationfunding; preferences; race; scholarships
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To: EEGator; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Cincinatus' Wife; ...
Re: Alcoholic robots don’t have souls, thus no scholarships.

Well, maybe no soul, but we sure...  photo Bender95A.gif get the gals!

And I, get both the scholarships and all... all the guys!

To hell with scholarships and race, I'm perfectly satisfied to get all... the fuzzy ones--

41 posted on 05/15/2013 8:09:31 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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Remember this one?

To achieve his dream of attending Harvard, a pampered teen poses as a young black man to receive a full scholarship.
42 posted on 05/15/2013 8:10:08 AM PDT by Rio (Tempis Fugit.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

It sounds outrageous and unbelievable at first glance. I am assuming the reporter left out an important point. Columbia is probably administering the trust.

Even so, that only elevates it from outrageous and unbelievable to a mere surprisingly stupid. If Columbia has a problem with its fiduciary duty, they should just find another fiduciary. Then it wouldn’t be the ‘public’s business’


43 posted on 05/15/2013 8:10:36 AM PDT by Usagi_yo
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To: EEGator

Figured....but he should have /s it anyway....


44 posted on 05/15/2013 8:10:52 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Bender2
you get enough from this country Bender Bending Rodríguez
45 posted on 05/15/2013 8:11:25 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: Da Coyote

Exactly. Eliminate ALL race/ethnic scholarships then. Stop pretending that no one needs financial aid just because they’re white.


46 posted on 05/15/2013 8:14:29 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

I agree, but it really isn’t nearly as dodgy as it seems when you take into consideration that the colleges are administering the endowments. Still slightly dodgy though.


47 posted on 05/15/2013 8:14:55 AM PDT by Usagi_yo
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To: NativeSon; EEGator
Re: "you get enough from this country Bender Bending Rodríguez"

I'll have you know it is not just the legal status and voting rights...  photo Bender91L.gif I enjoy getting from Obama--

I also like all the Cuban cigars and martinis...  photo Bender92L.gif I can buy with my unlimited food stamps.

48 posted on 05/15/2013 8:17:04 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: EEGator; Gaffer
We just went through all of the scholarship sifting...and, yes, you're right..there are race specific scholarships. Even ones that combine race with gender/rare talent/various other *qualities*.

It was clearly sarcasm by the first poster.

I almost asked where the /s tag was ;)

49 posted on 05/15/2013 8:26:43 AM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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To: ConservativeStatement
When I went back to college in 2004, I had to search really hard to find a scholarship that did not depend on my skin color or nationality.
50 posted on 05/15/2013 8:35:00 AM PDT by Slyfox (The red face of shame is proof that the conscience is still operational.)
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To: ConservativeStatement; rmlew

Columbia University should have gotten the whites only rule on this 1920’s fellowship decades ago. On the other hand no one bats an eye when the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation sets up a scholarship fund only available to non-whites.


51 posted on 05/15/2013 8:50:16 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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To: ConservativeStatement; rmlew

Columbia University should have gotten rid of the whites only rule on this 1920’s fellowship decades ago. On the other hand no one bats an eye when the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation sets up a scholarship fund only available to non-whites.


52 posted on 05/15/2013 8:52:45 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Google “minority scholarships” and you’ll find 7.4 million hits.
Here’s just one of the hits, listing 100 minority scholarships: http://sections.asme.org/neworleans/Minority%20Scholarships.htm


53 posted on 05/15/2013 8:55:25 AM PDT by CivilWarguy
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To: Jane Long

Come on, now.


54 posted on 05/15/2013 9:12:50 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

?


55 posted on 05/15/2013 9:19:39 AM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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To: Bender2

I prefer the green ones.


56 posted on 05/15/2013 9:24:30 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Bender2

Welfare ‘bots should be decommissioned!


57 posted on 05/15/2013 9:25:33 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Jane Long

I’m still looking for the conservative White male scholarship.


58 posted on 05/15/2013 9:27:27 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Bender2

Where is the civil rights justice for we folks... of the gray persuasion?...Social Security? OH,...wait. For anyone. My bad.


59 posted on 05/15/2013 9:29:45 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Caucasians only?

As long as they are fair and don't give Chechens, Circassians, Ossetians or Azerbaijanis an advantage over Armenians or Georgians.

60 posted on 05/15/2013 10:43:39 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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