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2011-02-28 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Texas group launches scholarship for white men only

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Posted by gorb 2011-02-28 13:42|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 I'm all for it. If they can legally give funds to only Blacks, or only Latinos, or only to Women, then they can legally give funds to only White Males too.

I've been for just making it need and grade related scholarships only for a long while and hopefully this shows just how stupid the current system is and does little to promote "diversity". It only promotes "divisional" since everyone identifies with only their "group" and then the other "groups" get resentful at being left out/not getting as bit a cut.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-02-28 15:06|| 2011-02-28 15:06|| Front Page Top

#2 The Former Majority Association for Equality will give grants of $500 to any man from Texas who is at least 25 per cent Caucasian, has good grades and can demonstrate they are in need.

The math on at least 25 percent Caucasian is interesting -- esp. here in CA. That would be most of the young folks I know (we're sorta integrated here).

Posted by Pollyandrew 2011-02-28 15:44|| 2011-02-28 15:44|| Front Page Top

#3 That 25% would seem to be difficult to prove. On the surface it would mean one 100% caucasian grandparent, however, what if that grandparent is only 75% caucasian, would this dillute the percentage more. Also, i seem to recall that hispanics are caucasian as well and are not considered to be of a race of their own. How does this all work out.

Posted by JRDickens 2011-02-28 16:51|| 2011-02-28 16:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Go with White with green or blue-green eyes. Up. Someone's offended. Well proof is in the pudding. Many people ask 'is green a rare eye color'? Well, it is. Straight forward yes. There are only 1 to 2% people in the world who have green eyes. People of Northern Europe, Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany and Netherlands have green eyes and probably are 25% caucasian, at the very least.

Posted by Fire and Ice 2011-02-28 19:23|| 2011-02-28 19:23|| Front Page Top

#5 I was getting ready to get pissed off, until I read that business about the 25 per cent Caucasian rule. That takes it from the realm of potentially crypto-racist 'reverse discrimination" cant to a clever and novel satire of racial bean-counting.

I have to wonder what's their definition of Caucasian, though. Do Arabs, Jews, or Turks count? Would a Sicilian count for your grandparent?

Posted by Mitch H. 2011-02-28 20:56|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2011-02-28 20:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Cau·ca·sian

1. white-skinned: relating to people who are light-skinned or of European origin
2. of former ethnic group: belonging to the light-skinned peoples of Europe, northern Africa, and western and southern Asia, formerly considered a distinct ethnic group
3. of Caucasia: relating to Caucasia, or its peoples, languages, or cultures

Posted by Fire and Ice 2011-02-28 21:12|| 2011-02-28 21:12|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm waiting for the press release from the NAACP.

Posted by Hellfish 2011-02-28 21:56|| 2011-02-28 21:56|| Front Page Top

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