‘Whites-only’ college scholarship offered
A “whites only” scholarship offered at Texas State University has yet to get any takers, according to a story in our sister paper, The Austin American-Statesman.
The Former Majority Association for Equality — a nonprofit group — is offering five $500 scholarships exclusively to white male students. The $500 can be used at universities other than Texas State, and, oddly enough, applicants only need to be “25 percent Caucasian.”
Student Colby Bohannan, a mass communication major and Iraq war veteran, is president of the group. He said, “I’m not sure white males are the majority anymore.”
The article offers data to suggest he is right: according to U.S. census numbers, non-Hispanic whites now make up about 45 percent of Texas residents. Nationally, however, about 65 percent of U.S. residents are non-Hispanic whites.
I’m no math wizard, but, since men are usually always outnumbered by women by a percentage point or two, it would seem impossible for any “white male” demographic to be in the majority.
William Lake , the group’s treasurer, who, like Bohannan, has a history of bad check charges, said, “There’s a scholarship out there for just about any demographic, except this one. We realize it’s for good reason — this is a touchy subject.”
“Touchy subject” is an understatement.
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134 comments Add your comment
Emmanuel Hall
February 28th, 2011
10:59 am
Ask the UNCF? And so!
Steve
February 28th, 2011
11:00 am
Morehouse is not blacks only. Get your facts straight.
Huh?
February 28th, 2011
11:00 am
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CeeMackinFan
February 28th, 2011
11:00 am
Well said Ceemakin!!! And thank you for your service!!!
Not a male. :(
February 28th, 2011
11:01 am
Dang, it’s only for males. I could use a scholarship.
Huh?
February 28th, 2011
11:01 am
$500 “might” buy books for one semeseter. But if it makes those who it benefits feel better about themselves so they’ll shut up about minority scholarships, have at it.
ATLien
February 28th, 2011
11:02 am
To all the people complaining about “your own channel and your own month”… I propose a trade.
How ’bout we enslave YOU for 300 or so years, then deny YOU the right to vote for an additional 80-100 years through your own version of “Jim Crow” laws – we’ll call them “Hubert Humphrey” laws – and THEN you can have your ONE month out of TWELVE, and we’ll throw in two channels just to show we’re good sports about the whole thing…
DEAL?????
Shara
February 28th, 2011
11:02 am
Wow… this story is troll bait!
IMO, good for him. If anyone wants to donate, so be it. I don’t care if it’s redheads only.
And yes, there are plenty of white guys who need help going to school too. Both of my brothers work low-paying jobs and can only afford to go to school part time. Yes, PELL pays for it, but their families have to eat too!
My husband has his GI Bill which has been amazing. If it wasn’t for that, then yes… we’d be applying for that scholarship ASAP.
I do find it odd that the scholarship has been started by a vet. Didn’t he have a GI bill to pay for his college and housing?
Floppy Balls
February 28th, 2011
11:03 am
Or maybe I will just eat a slice of pizza pie……
T
February 28th, 2011
11:03 am
@worm, quite a few white students apply for United Negro College Fund scholarhsips, and they get them. Very few people talk about how many whites and non-black students attend historically black colleges and universities. They get in because they are considered “minorities” in the student population. Further, with the country’s economic problems, more non-blacks are applying to HBCUs because they can get a quality education for less money (and often, with a better professor to student ratio) than other colleges and universities charge. It’s interesting- blacks have been discussing the relevance and need for HBCUs as they can now enter almost any school, but it will probably be non-blacks that push them to remain open.