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Texas Group Will Offer Scholarships To White Men Only

There are many more disadvantages than advantages for minorities. "Reverse racism"? What a laugh.

Minorities are more likely to get discriminated on a day to day basis.

There are already a ton of scholarships and grants that are need based which I think is the most important.
 
If it's from private donations they can give scholarships to only left-handed albino lumberjacks for all I care.

edit: You know what? Left-handed albino lumberjacks deserve their own scholarship, oppression of this minority has gone on for TOO LONG!
 
Why? There are other race-based scholarships? Why not one for while males? Would you call group that offer scholarships only for blacks douchenozzls as well?

No. Because the people who offer scholarships for blacks are attempting to benefit the black community, which has historically suffered institutionalized discrimination and continues to suffer non-institutionalized discrimination. Walk into an inner-city school and compare it to a suburban school, for a prime example of this. Are scholarships specifically for blacks the best way to remedy this? I don't know, perhaps not. But the people awarding them obviously mean well.

The people who created this scholarship are douchenozzles because they are discriminating based on race in favor of a group of people who certainly don't need any extra help. And they aren't doing it out of altruism, they're doing it to make a political statement. An extremely douchey political statement. A political statement that is basically "The white man sure has it rough in this country." And anyone who honestly believes that is a Grade-A douchenozzle.
 
If we wanted true equality we would remove the race & gender questions from all applications. Simply having these questions proves that equality is not the true motive.
 
There are many more disadvantages than advantages for minorities. "Reverse racism"? What a laugh.

Minorities are more likely to get discriminated on a day to day basis.

There are already a ton of scholarships and grants that are need based which I think is the most important.

That's not true, unless you're talking about one minority discriminating against another minority. As much black on white discrimination as I've seen in my life, I've seen even more black on hispanic and black on asian discrimination.
 
No. Because the people who offer scholarships for blacks are attempting to benefit the black community, which has historically suffered institutionalized discrimination and continues to suffer non-institutionalized discrimination. Walk into an inner-city school and compare it to a suburban school, for a prime example of this. Are scholarships specifically for blacks the best way to remedy this? I don't know, perhaps not. But the people awarding them obviously mean well.

The people who created this scholarship are douchenozzles because they are discriminating based on race in favor of a group of people who certainly don't need any extra help. And they aren't doing it out of altruism, they're doing it to make a political statement. An extremely douchey political statement. A political statement that is basically "The white man sure has it rough in this country." And anyone who honestly believes that is a Grade-A douchenozzle.

So, now the white Liberal do-gooders have to bail us out, because we can't do it, ourselves. Yes?
 
I wish this group existed while I was in college, although I didn't grow up in Texas.

Help should be given out based on individual need, not based on whether one belongs to an ethnic group.

I know a South African white guy who fled his country because of violence against whites. Now he is struggling in Canada to make a life for himself, but he can't get scholarships because he is WHITE. It's a joke. He went to fill out university applications, and they ask: "Are you a visible minority?" He had to say no. That is basically like saying if your skin is WHITE, you cannot get financial help or reduced tuition.

The system needs to be MERIT BASED. If you can't afford school, then you have merit for scholarships. I am tired of the reverse racism.

It should be called the United Cracka College Fund :mrgreen:
 
So, now the white Liberal do-gooders have to bail us out, because we can't do it, ourselves. Yes?

Who is we? Who is ourselves? Are you black? :confused:
Most scholarships for blacks are offered by black individuals or black-run organizations...not by white liberal do-gooders.
 
That's not true,

Yes. It. Is.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/nyregion/13frisk.html

Blacks and Latinos were nine times as likely as whites to be stopped by the police in New York City in 2009, but, once stopped, were no more likely to be arrested.

Minority drivers likelier to be arrested - The Denver Post

Black, Hispanic and white drivers are equally likely to be pulled over by police, but blacks and Hispanics are much more likely to be searched and arrested, a federal study found.

Police were much more likely to threaten or use force against blacks and Hispanics than against whites in any encounter, whether at a traffic stop or elsewhere, according to the Justice Department.

Read more: Minority drivers likelier to be arrested - The Denver Post Minority drivers likelier to be arrested - The Denver Post
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Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection Remains Widespread, According to New EJI Study | Equal Justice Initiative

Some district attorney’s offices explicitly train prosecutors to exclude racial minorities from jury service and teach them how to mask racial bias to avoid a finding that anti-discrimination laws have been violated.

• In some communities, the exclusion of African Americans from juries is extreme. For example, in Houston County, Alabama, 8 out of 10 African Americans qualified for jury service have been struck by prosecutors from death penalty cases. In Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, there is no effective African American representation on the jury in 80 percent of criminal trials.

• Many defense lawyers fail to adequately challenge racially discriminatory jury selection because they are uncomfortable, unwilling, unprepared, or not trained to assert claims of racial bias.

JURIST - Paper Chase: US study finds widespread racial discrimination in jury selection in South

A report [text, PDF] released Tuesday by the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) [advocacy website] details continued widespread racial discrimination in jury selection in Southern states. EJI conducted research in eight southern states over a two-year period and found that the practice of striking members from a jury based on race remains common, particularly in serious criminal cases and death penalty cases. The report details reasons given by prosecutors for the dismissal of African Americans from juries including "because they appeared to have 'low intelligence,' wore eyeglasses, walked in a certain way, and dyed their hair." EJI called the reasons given for dismissal "pretextual" and blamed the courts for "rubber-stamping" the reasons as race-neutral. The report also presents evidence that some district attorney's offices explicitly train prosecutors to exclude people from juries based on race and teach them how to present the reason for exclusion in an unbiased manner. EJI's Executive Director Bryan Stevenson commented on the report stating [press release]:

You're kidding yourself if you think minorities aren't discriminated against on a day to day basis.
 
Who is we? Who is ourselves? Are you black? :confused:

Yes!

Most scholarships for blacks are offered by black individuals or black-run organizations...not by white liberal do-gooders.

And, supported by white, Liberal do-gooders who think we can't make it on our own.
 
Hang on:

Blacks and Latinos were nine times as likely as whites to be stopped by the police in New York City in 2009, but, once stopped, were no more likely to be arrested.
Black, Hispanic and white drivers are equally likely to be pulled over by police, but blacks and Hispanics are much more likely to be searched and arrested, a federal study found.

Anyone else see the problem?
 

Equally so, if you think that whites aren't discriminated against, as well.

Of course, we'll never see any studies that show anything other than white on fill in your minority of choice here discrimination.

Keep that rage alive!
 
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Anyone else see the problem?

Yes. Your reading comprehension. One is about a federal study. The other is a study done in NYC alone.
 
Equally so, if you think that whites aren't discriminated against, as well.

Show us how then? Where are they discriminated? Are whites less likely to get into college due to economic issues? Are they more likely to be arrested? Are they more likely to be given the death penalty? Substanciate your bull**** claims. :)
 
You're just like the ignorant, Tea-Partying neo-con hick stereotype, arencha?

Coming from you... that's one of the highest compliments possible. (The hammer & sickle - purposeful irony or?)
 
They're still contradictory, which study do you believe is correct?

They're not contradictory. One is a study about one city, the other is a study done nationally. If a study said that in NYC whites were more likely to measure 5'6, that would not contradict a federal study about white males measuring on 5'8 nationally. Your lack of reading comprehension is not amusing.
 
Yes, they have less scholarship opportunities.

I'm generalizing, but on average they also have access to better schools and more likely to benefit from such things as legacy, advanced tracking, and AP courses which are all a plus when applying for college. However it is true that affirmative action today benefits white females more than any other group.
 
I'm generalizing, but on average they also have access to better schools and more likely to benefit from such things as legacy, advanced tracking, and AP courses which are all a plus when applying for college. However it is true that affirmative action today benefits white females more than any other group.

I can't believe you just said that! I'm speechless.
 
No. Because the people who offer scholarships for blacks are attempting to benefit the black community, which has historically suffered institutionalized discrimination and continues to suffer non-institutionalized discrimination. Walk into an inner-city school and compare it to a suburban school, for a prime example of this. Are scholarships specifically for blacks the best way to remedy this? I don't know, perhaps not. But the people awarding them obviously mean well.

The people who created this scholarship are douchenozzles because they are discriminating based on race in favor of a group of people who certainly don't need any extra help. And they aren't doing it out of altruism, they're doing it to make a political statement. An extremely douchey political statement. A political statement that is basically "The white man sure has it rough in this country." And anyone who honestly believes that is a Grade-A douchenozzle.

There are white people who need help more than many Blacks do. There ARE traditionally underprivileged White ethnic groups. Private money, they have the right to create their own scholarships just as anyone else does.

Other than that, your hypocrisy is duly noted...
 
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