Feb 16
Well, this is brave…
“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.’ ” (02/15/04)
The College Republicans are rather brave to attempt this. I am sure that the college will try to get them for hate speech. This is an original idea for a protest. It will be interesting to see what comes of it. I wonder if the students who apply for the scholarship will be accused of racism as well. Displays of pride in one’s heritage, if one is white, are generally frowned upon at modern universities. It seems that the politically correct brigade see this as triumphalism, and that’s offensive to minorities.
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.
Mattera is Puerto Rican and has crossed swords with the college administration before over the CR’s publications’ content.
