Affirmative Action stupidity: White teen gives back scholarship intended for Black students

from WyBlog by Chris Wysocki:

 

 

Affirmative Action stupidity: White teen gives back scholarship intended for Black students: There is so much wrong with this story that I don't know where to start.


Jeffrey Warren is about to graduate from Martin Luther King High School in
Riverside, CA. He applied for a scholarship offered by the Martin Luther King
Senior Citizens Club.


He won.


Then he found out the scholarship was intended solely for Black students.


Jeffrey is white.



He gave the scholarship back.


Apparently the application said only that African-Americans were encouraged
to apply. But a cover letter, which Jeffrey did not see, explicity specified
it was for Black students.


Go ahead, tell me that's not racism.


Because can you imagine the uproar if a Black kid won a scholarship and then
found out that only red-headed Armenians were eligible?


Would he give it back? Would Al Sharpton let him give it back?


So get this. Next year the scholarship committee is going to change the
application form. To make it more clear that only Blacks need
apply. So kids like Jeffrey won't waste their time trying to achieve
something on the antiquated notion of merit.


Yeah, the last thing we want is to have the children who attend Martin
Luther King High School being judged on the content of their character
rather than on the color of their skin.