Posted under Affirmative Action & Education & Political Correctness & Race
Like others, when I first heard the rumor that Bill Gates scholarships excluded European Americans, I thought the rumor must be an exaggeration. I was wrong. The scholarship application FAQ’s page clearly states:
Students are eligible to be considered for a GMS scholarship if they: Are African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American or Hispanic American…..
What ethnic groups comprise Asian Pacific Islander Americans?
Asian Pacific Islander Americans include persons having origin from Asia and/or the Pacific Islands. Asian includes persons having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent. Pacific Islander includes persons having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawai’i, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. Citizens of the republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau are also eligible to be nominated.
So, basically, almost anyone can apply — anyone except a white person.
As Rob Sanchez points out, this should be no surprise:
Theodore Cross, writer at the The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, wrote a paper in 1999 that discusses the history of the Bill Gates scholarship: “Bill Gates’ Gift to Racial Preferences in Higher Education“. Make no mistake, Cross thinks it’s a darn good idea that Gates discriminates against whites, and he isn’t very subtle about it either:
“Racial conservatives are correct. The huge billion-dollar Gates Millennium Scholarship program is racially discriminatory. The terms could not be cleaner. Whites may not apply!”
Weaver on 04 Feb 2010 at 7:03 pm #
Is it racist to point out East Asians are often better academically than whites?
What about Jews btw? Where’s the ADL when actual discrimination is taking place?
Weaver on 04 Feb 2010 at 7:08 pm #
This has nothing to do with levelling the playing field, of course.
I wonder who influenced Gates. Was it a teacher, a movie, a comic book?
Litl Bits on 07 Feb 2010 at 6:53 pm #
“I wonder who influenced Gates. Was it a teacher, a movie, a comic book?”
PROBABLY ALL OF THE ABOVE! Gates is the product of public education system which has been under the control of left, progressives for a long time…NEA has been quite open in its goals to promote their own agenda – and to “get children into public schools before parents have an opportunity to teach them those moral principles”. (I actually read that (quote not exact, as I don’t have it in front of me.) was in minutes of NEA Convention in Florida a few years ago.
So, yes! Gates is product of this…and though the Free Market system has obviously been very good to him, he is member of progressive agenda who will not encourage others now to do the same. Same old progressive mantra… “do what I say, and not what I do” – that way they can remain the “elite” while we, the people will remain as their serfs.
Dale Clark on 10 Feb 2010 at 7:23 pm #
“I wonder who influenced Gates. Was it a teacher, a movie, a comic book?”
One does wonder doesn’t one? he doesn’t always seem to be rowing with both oars in the water. Perhaps he needs to proclaim his international citizenship as he doesn’t seem interested in doing anything here in the U.S. except to separate the country and divide out nation!…Hmmm!
itgrunter on 12 Feb 2010 at 9:31 am #
Radio talk shows about the Gates scholarship:
Rocky D and Peter Boyle shows:
http://www.jobdestruction.info/ShameH1B/MediaClips.htm
On the Anti-Occidental Edmund Burke Institute for American Renewal | Conservative Heritage Times on 15 Jul 2010 at 8:54 pm #
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