Group Offers Scholarships for White Males

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It's interesting, because although whites may be the power majority, that certainly does not mean that every white person automatically gets a seat at the power table. DrPhil mentioned that there are scholarships that exist just for white people, but they are just not advertised as such. I completely agree, however I think it should be clarified that these scholarships are more or less intended for upper class white people only. They are not beating down the doors to, or even open to, giving those scholarships to the white son of Joe the Plumber even if he looks like the poster boy for the Aryan nation. Those who are truly concerned with keeping the status quo intact are looking for much more than just race...social economic background and the right family is also a huge factor, not to mention the right religions, zip code, sexual orientation, summer camps, whatever.

When I was applying to college, my parents wanted me to take a look at scholarships. We didn't qualify for financial aid in any way, and my parents could afford to pay for it all without using student loans, but college is still expensive and they wanted to see if we could get any money. All the scholarships were either for extreme merit based reasons (which wouldn't work because I was just barely over the middle 50% for USC's stats) or racial/gender minority causes. This included several races that are also not seen as disenfranchised academically/financially in America.

A white male who was not a wealthy fourth-generation USC student truly did not have options in terms of scholarships. So I can see how a scholarship like this is necessary. It's not intended to help out young Thurston von Snobberton IV. It's probably intended to help out the white working class men who wouldn't get stared at if they ended up in the parking lot of the local country club, but who will never be granted a seat at the top of the social pecking order either.