New scholarship created for whites only

http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/02/15/whites.only.ap/index.html
New scholarship created for whites only
BRISTOL, Rhode Island (AP) -- A student group at Roger Williams University
is offering a new scholarship for which only white students are eligible, a
move they say is designed to protest affirmative action.
The application for the $250 award requires an essay on "why you are proud
of your white heritage" and a recent picture to "confirm whiteness."
"Evidence of bleaching will disqualify applicants," says the application,
issued by the university's College Republicans.
Jason Mattera, 20, who is president of the College Republicans, said the
group is parodying minority scholarships.
"We think that if you want to treat someone according to character and how
well they achieve academically, then skin color shouldn't really be an
option," he said. "Many people think that coming from a white background
you're automatically privileged, you're automatically rich and your parents
pay full tuition. That's just not the case."
The stunt has angered some at the university, but the administration is
staying out of the fray. The school's provost said it is a student group's
initiative and is not endorsed by Roger Williams.
Mattera, who is of Puerto Rican descent, is himself a recipient of a $5,000
scholarship open only to a minority group.
"No matter what my ethnicity is, I'm making a statement that scholarships
should be given out based on merit and need," Mattera told the Providence
Journal.
His group took out a full-page ad in last week's issue of the university's
student newspaper to tout the scholarship, which was for $50 until two
donors came forward to add $100 each during the weekend, Mattera said.
It's not the first brush with controversy for the group. The school
temporarily froze the Republicans' money in the fall during a fight over a
series of articles published in its monthly newsletter. One article alleged
that a gay-rights group indoctrinates students into homosexual sex.

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at the expense of the individual was murderously synergistic.

It's a joke. On you, apparently.


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> http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/02/15/whites.only.ap/index.html
> New scholarship created for whites only
> BRISTOL, Rhode Island (AP) -- A student group at Roger Williams University
> is offering a new scholarship for which only white students are eligible,
a
> move they say is designed to protest affirmative action.
> The application for the $250 award requires an essay on "why you are proud
> of your white heritage" and a recent picture to "confirm whiteness."
> "Evidence of bleaching will disqualify applicants," says the application,
> issued by the university's College Republicans.
> Jason Mattera, 20, who is president of the College Republicans, said the
> group is parodying minority scholarships.
> "We think that if you want to treat someone according to character and how
> well they achieve academically, then skin color shouldn't really be an
> option," he said. "Many people think that coming from a white background
> you're automatically privileged, you're automatically rich and your
parents
> pay full tuition. That's just not the case."
> The stunt has angered some at the university, but the administration is
> staying out of the fray. The school's provost said it is a student group's
> initiative and is not endorsed by Roger Williams.
> Mattera, who is of Puerto Rican descent, is himself a recipient of a
$5,000
> scholarship open only to a minority group.
> "No matter what my ethnicity is, I'm making a statement that scholarships
> should be given out based on merit and need," Mattera told the Providence
> Journal.
> His group took out a full-page ad in last week's issue of the university's
> student newspaper to tout the scholarship, which was for $50 until two
> donors came forward to add $100 each during the weekend, Mattera said.
> It's not the first brush with controversy for the group. The school
> temporarily froze the Republicans' money in the fall during a fight over a
> series of articles published in its monthly newsletter. One article
alleged
> that a gay-rights group indoctrinates students into homosexual sex.