I think they can do whatever they want.Texas group launches scholarship for white men ONLY... because they 'need an equal shot'
By Daniel Bates
Last updated at 3:56 PM on 27th February 2011
Comments (0) Add to My Stories A non-profit group has launched a college scholarship for a demographic it claims are under-represented in society - white men.
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.
Its founder Colby Bohannan claims whites feel ‘excluded’ when they apply to college and that they are ‘left out’ when it comes to funding. Tired of being left out: The board of the Former Majority Association for Equality. L-R: Calysta Spence, Colby Bohannan, Heidi Olson, Brandon Bohannan, Shannon Laage, William Lake, and Christopher Celis
The provocative move risks a backlash by anti-racism groups but college officials in Texas have said there is little they can do to prevent it. Mr Bohannan, a former Texas State University student and Iraq veteran, said the group was named because of the idea that ‘if you're not a male, and if you're not white, you're called a minority’. ‘I'm not sure white males are the majority any more,’ he said. ‘If everyone else can find scholarships, why are we left out?’ He added that the group is not taking a stance on affirmative action and has denounced racism. ‘It's time in our society to look at the way our culture views race,’ he said. ‘It's time to give everyone an equal shot.’ FMAFE plans to offer four $500 scholarships to any college, inside Texas or outside the state, for the forthcoming academic year.
So far it has raised more than $1,600.
Blow for equality: The organisation's website. Authorities say they have no recourse against the group. It is not clear how the percentage of ‘whiteness’ will be evaluated but the group’s officers say they will consider each applicant carefully. On its website FMAFE claims its goal is: ‘To financially assist young Americans seeking higher education who lack opportunities in similar organisations that are based upon race or gender. ‘In a country that proclaims equality for all, we provide monetary aid to those that have found the scholarship application process difficult because they do not fit into certain categories or any ethnic group,’ it says. It adds that they do ‘not want to appear racist or racially motivated’ and that they will not accept any donations from hate groups. Mr Bohannan said: 'The toughest obstacles to getting this organisation off the ground seem to be not appearing racially motivated, and getting taken seriously.
'The board members of FMAFE are not trying to put anyone down or make any race or cultures seem inferior.' Despite the apparently wild claims Bohannan may actually be correct - Hispanics accounted for two-thirds of the population growth over the past decade in Texas. Non-Hispanic whites now make up about 45 per cent of residents. The scholarship has already touched off a heated debate in Texas and on the Texas State University student newspaper opinion was divided. About-time wrote: ‘This is awesome! Its about time people realize that white people deserve help too. Its not just minorities who struggle’. William Lake, FMAFE’s treasurer, said: ‘There's a scholarship out there for just about any demographic, except this one.
‘We realise it's for good reason - this is a touchy subject.’
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$500 will go a long way, maybe buy a couple of books.
This KKK racist bull is purely inflammatory, serving no practical purpose.
White people, always discriminated against, under privileged, with poverty and jobless rate way above blacks and browns. Won't ya give a cracka a hand?
Last edited by boutons_deux; 02-28-2011 at 01:18 PM.
The sensationalist reporting of this serves no actual purpose either.
It's their $500, WGAF. Let them feel like they're doing something to support the oppressed white man. A national/global overreaction to this would only support their cause, in their minds.
and wimmen's is excluded?
Non-story. Anyone wanting to donate money to help fund someone's college education can do so however they see fit.
Black women have had their boot on the neck of white men for TOO long!
There you go again, exposing your stupidity.
The scholarship can be used for someone 3/4 black!
To be quite honest poor white men need just as much help as the rest of the poor.
How about assistance by need instead of the tint or hue of a student's skin?
People are free to do with their money as they will and usually do so for a reason. I completely understand people wanting to help their own.
I concur, but as a private scholarship they can do as they please.
25% white is too little in my opinion, that means a child with 2 black parents but a white grandparent can get it (technically). I'm sure they request pictures with applications and will throw away the black apps, but they can still apply.
I think that's the point of the scholarship. make people talk about how everyone but whites get special subsidies. It's laughable that people get enrages when the requirement is 1/4 white. That means you can be 3/4 something else. Tell me if you think a person with three black grandparents and one white grandparent looks white or not.
True, only real Aryans need apply.
I'll run my donations by the spurstalk.com message board in the future.....ya know, just to make sure boutons approves.
There are a few, but you have to be a large percentage of the ethnicity to qualify. Most of the white people that I know are mutts, and therefore would not qualify. Personally I am German, Irish, Scottish, French, Polish, Cherokee, and Chocktaw. I qualified for none of them when I looked after high school because I was too diluted.
Hah, I read an article which didn't even mention this. Sensationalism is FUN.
There seem to be alot of German/Irish mixes in America.
But who screwed who?...
In my case, it's an Irish mother/German fatherBut who screwed who?...
They don't call it Der Fatherland for nothing.........But who screwed who?...
My child is a polish/mexican mix.... does he qualify?
On a serious note my son recently asked me what color he was? I told him that if we had to make a choice he would be white but his last name makes him a mexican american.. he then went on the explain to me that he is brown in the summer ,because of his tan, and white the rest of the year.. I couldn't neccessarily disagree with him. I aksed him to not worry about his or anyone else's color... we spoke of the great Martin Luther King and his vision for America... He told me he liked Dr. King and he also like President Obama..
Last edited by George Gervin's Afro; 02-28-2011 at 04:11 PM.
white people are a minority in texas and in san antonio
we have most of the disadvantages of being a minority without any of the advantages
lol funny stuff
How would someone go about proving they're "25 per cent Caucasian"? (serious question) I often wonder how they check these kind of things.
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