tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26145735.post116426815503686975..comments2024-03-28T03:32:52.949-07:00Comments on unapologetic conjecture: Republicans offer "Whites Only" ScholarshipBenjamin Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15690290533167718706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26145735.post-35747289096432142092007-03-20T22:21:00.000-07:002007-03-20T22:21:00.000-07:00I think there are good Republicans. Lincoln was a...I think there are good Republicans. Lincoln was a good Republican. Of course, that makes the only good Republican a...Jed Carosaarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10775889983099808362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26145735.post-1165418906059734762006-12-06T07:28:00.000-08:002006-12-06T07:28:00.000-08:00Sometimes its funny how the ads on this page corre...Sometimes its funny how the ads on this page correspond (or don't) with what we're talking about. Today's ads are "UrbanMecca.com: An African American Portal" and "Homes of Color: The magaine of African American Living and Style". I'm pretty sure after Ben's post about immigration there was an ad for a gun show. Come on, now, guys, lets see if we can't get any porn ads like a normal blog.laurenjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17109779956354478484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26145735.post-1165361404512034952006-12-05T15:30:00.000-08:002006-12-05T15:30:00.000-08:00They don't need them because they're black. They ...They don't need them because they're black. They need them because the are disproportionately poor, and if the scholarships don't favor a racial designation then the money might go to poor whites, reinforcing the lily white nature of most of our colleges. Colleges that over-represent any ethnic group provide a disservice to ALL students. A higher percentage of minorities of all kinds is a boon for all students on a campus. Complaining that whites are at a disservice because they don't have access ignores the fact that white students who are admitted are being underserved by not having enough minority students to study with. Too small a percentage of any ethnic group makes those students feel like "token" representatives of their race/gender/sexual preference/etc. and does not allow them to freely share their own views, which in turn creates the false impression for majority students that all minority students of a particular group think alike. The ideal solution in free public higher ed for all students, but I think we're still to stuck in the hold-over feelings from the Red Scare to accept that higher education should be free. As long as it is expensive we need systems like Affirmative Action, flawed though it may be, to address the situation in which education exacerbates racial and economic segregation rather than eliminating them. <BR/><BR/>I guess that makes me Affirmative Action Guy. So does that mean I'm a super-hero, now?Benjamin Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15690290533167718706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26145735.post-1165333190499066552006-12-05T07:39:00.000-08:002006-12-05T07:39:00.000-08:00Maybe they were pointing out that most non-race-ba...Maybe they were pointing out that most non-race-based scholarships are "white only" even if they don't say that they are. <BR/><BR/>And there IS racism in race-based scholarships, just perhaps not the kind that directly affect your armani-wearing Young Republicans. It's worse- its the kind of racism that continues to divide us by racial categories and assumes that one kid needs an extra leg up over another because they are of an inferior race. You know what we should have instead of "minority-only" scholarships? "Shitty-ass public school" scholarships, for kids who went to schools so bad that regardless of whether they are Black or White or Latina, they're going to need the extra help to even the playing field because there is no amount of pluck and hard work that is going to make up for them being abandoned by the system before they even had a chance. <BR/><BR/>Sorry, Ben, I'm not much of an Affirmative Action girl. (which, by the way, is an awsome super-hero name). Do most Black students in this country need scholarships? Yes. do they need them because they are Black? No.laurenjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17109779956354478484noreply@blogger.com