Texas Group Offers Scholarships to White Men Only

WOW So sad

If there is a scholarship for one" race" there should be scholarship for every "race' including whitey. So many people hate blonde hair blue eyes when if that is considered a race on its own then they are a minority by far.

Look at the base of the article the US Census wich has nothing to do with the University population white people are not the minority in Universities

Ok on first read, I would say. Nothing wrong here. Special interests can give scholarships to whomever they want.

This statement made me laugh though.

"We're not looking for blond-haired, blue-eyed, stereotypical white males," he told Reuters. "My feeling is that if you can say you're 25 percent Caucasian, you're Caucasian enough for us."

By that standard, 19+ % of African Americans qualify, as do most, if not all Hispanics.

In the Bronx NY about 2 years ago Children were tested to determine the % of each race in their genetics. Most of the kids were surprised to find out that they were mostly Caucasian by a large margin.

They will have to raise the bar if the purpose is to give aid to "Whites only".whatever that means.
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Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule

Given the intense interest in ethnicity, genetic genealogists and other scientists have studied the make-up of populations. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. publicized such genetic studies on his two series African American Lives, shown on PBS. The specialists which the show relied on summarized population figures this way:

* 58 percent of African Americans have at least 12.5 percent European ancestry (equivalent of one great-grandparent);
* 19.6 percent of African Americans have at least 25 percent European ancestry (equivalent of one grandparent);
* 1 percent of African Americans have at least 50 percent European ancestry (equivalent of one parent) (Gates is one of those, he discovered); and
* 5 percent of African Americans have at least 12.5 percent Native American ancestry (equivalent to one great-grandparent).[14]
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I don't see racism, or bigotry in this, but that does not mean there isn't, just that I can't see it.

I believe whites are now a minority in Texas so that being the case, we have to be sure that the new minority does not get treated like the old ones did, and still do.

Very convoluted state of affairs in Texas.

If they want to give a scholarship for being a white male, let them.

He could have gone to a "Black college" and gotten a minority scholarship.

Any scholarship in my book should be based on academic merit combined with financial need.

I think it would be fairer to offer all scholarships on the basis of financial need only.......no need to differentiate between Blacks, Whites, Gays, Jews, Fat, Thin, Indians, Native Americans, Asians, Witches, Christians, Men, Women, Transgendered, Nurses, Carpenters, foreigners, disabled, athletes, or anything else. Only; Do you need the help, or not?

Guys,Guys the article says Non-Hispanic whites are now a minority there, according to U.S. Census,CENSUS what is Census? is not the University population is TX populaition is not the same thing, get it? they want to stimulate the non white groups.Go to a University what do you see? mostly whites right? I am hispanic but also a Progressive we are not racist thats the Tea Party is about fairness so even if hispanic is 50,60,70,80% the Universities does not show the same volumes as the census but I am not going to figth these guys I just want to put things in prospective they can do whatever they want in my book I just want to say that they don't have a stand on what they say.

Is this supposed to make us angry? If anything, this has made my day. Where can I apply for this?

i'm for the equality of everyone... and i agree... it is harder for white men and even women (without children) to get scholarships, even if their families have the same income as a minority's family. there are plenty of organizations who raise money for scholarships for minorities... these guys have a right to do this if they want to...

i am in no way a racist... my son is of mixed race and my man is not white either... but fair is fair.

Need we really be reminded that Texas didn't set it's slaves free until a year AFTER the end of the Civil War? And that didn't occur until Federal troops marched into Texas to liberate those slaves by force, more than a year after the Civil War. They had to stay there some time just to ensure it's effect.

the NAACP only gives it to colored people and no sees that as a problem

so? I remember when I was trying to get scholarships for college. I never saw one that was just for white males. Being that white males are perceived in this country as privileged and given more opportunities and other ethnicities, that is not always the case. Besides, it's $500 not $50,000

Interesting to say the least.