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Originally Posted by BluPhire
The thing is though this can be applied to all races. Just because you are black doesn't mean you can come with any GPA and get a scholarship just because its says "Be Black", or whatever ethnic group. That's the issue I always have when people bring up buzz phrases like, "White men being the minority" or "Affirmative Action" like there is this gloat of 2.0 blacks taking away opportunities from all these white males that all have 4.0's.
Which is why I don't have an issue with the scholarship itself, we need more scholarships for those of us that aren't carrying 5.0's, 4.0's or heck 3.0's when graduating from high school. Just the justification he is coming up with (Immediately pointing his finger at the minority instead of embracing some of the tenets that "some" minority scholarships do have which is not a tremendously high standard to receive the money).
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Oh, I completely agree. White men aren't a minority in the commonly used sense of the word, and when people say they are it is usually just mindless rhetoric. And I completely understand that minorities with access to those scholarships have fierce competition and are not granted anything.
I'm just saying I understand where this is coming from...white privilege does not mean that all whites are granted privilege in every arena of their lives, and if a white man needs money for college there are few (if any) scholarships available. I don't think he went about creating it in the right way, but the idea behind it is perfectly valid IMO.
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