of the gray persuasion?How is that any different than “african american” scholarships?
I guarantee that there are absolutely no scholarships at Columbia that are restricted to African-Americans, or to Latinos, or Native Americans.
of the gray persuasion?If Columbia (a joke of a school if there ever was one) eliminates ALL race-specific grants, fine and dandy.
But then again, it’s Columbia...so why even talk about it?
Hot damn, I’m gonna get me some United Negro College Funding.
United Negro College Fund
Why bother changing it?
They have scholarships based off racial labels for others.
Just make the scholarships all equal.
What’s the big deal there are all sorts of scholarships for blacks only or Mexicans only or Italians only.....my sonIL got one for left handed people only.
I’m not sure there is a legal definition of a “white person” or a caucasion (I don’t know anyone who can vouch absolutely for their great grandmother) and who gets paid to enforce the Iowa residency requirement?
If the courts rule this scholarship is illegal, will that mean all race based scholarships, including those restricted to minorities, are also illegal?
Are blacks only, latinos only, etc., scholarships legal and allowed at Columbia or other schools? If so, while I don’t like any of these race based scholarships, the whites only one should be treated no differently.
All of these restricted scholarships are, to some extent, racist, but it would be 10,000 times more racist to allow scholarships for certain groups, but not for others.
Why?
Aren’t there plenty of scholarships for that are for various minority groups, only?
If they want to change those scholarships for blacks, women, etc., as well, to be for all applicants, then changing this scholarship would be fine with me. Otherwise, they are “racist.”
I told them I was a left handed disabled black lesbian Muslim immigrant from a former Soviet puppet state. They’re paying me $100,000 to take an on line womyn’s studies course. They’ve also gotten me an interview with the State Department, which I was told is just a formality.
Are there blacks only and Hispanic only scholarships?
They can refuse to give out the grants, but the cant give the money against its terms. If the court deems the grant unenforceable, then they may have to give the money back to the lady’s heirs. You dont get to keep the money and dictate the terms of the gift.
What a barrel of horse sh*t.
There are countless scholarships and various other social and financial privileges reserved to Blacks only.
IIRC correctly there was a case several years ago where the University of Maryland was sued because a large whites only endowment. The court ruled that it had to be open to everybody. I don’t agree. The answer to both of these should have been “thanks but no thanks” since the wishes of the people who set them up can’t be fulfilled. To me it should be the same as if they were alive today and came to the school with the idea.
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’