Since there are hardly ANY scholarships out there for white men (end sarcasm), a group in Texas has taken it upon themselves to introduce a brand new college scholarship program just for them!
Read the story below:
Members of a new Texas association are starting a college scholarship program for a group of students they say do not have as many scholarship options as others — white men.
Colby Bohannan, a student at Texas State University in San Marcos, and some friends have formed the non-profit Former Majority Association for Equality, which will provide the scholarships. The idea was that there are many scholarships geared toward helping minorities and women attend college, and there are also scholarships for people from certain religions or from certain families. But Bohannan thought his demographic group was missing.
“We know that we’re going to be receiving some vicious attacks, from people claiming that we are racists, or promoting some bigotry-filled agenda,” Bohannan said on Thursday.
Starting this summer, the association plans to provide as many as five $500 scholarships to deserving white men who have at least a 3.0 grade point average, Bohannan said. “Our aim is actually just to help students,” he said. “We are not trying to jump on any political agenda or bandwagon.”
Non-Hispanic whites are, in fact, a minority in the state of Texas. Census numbers released earlier this month show that they make up about 42 percent of the state’s population, down from more than half just ten years ago.
To qualify for the group’s scholarship, applicants have to be able to prove that they are at least 25 percent Caucasian,” Bohannan said. “We’re not looking for blond-haired, blue-eyed, stereotypical white males,” he said. “My feeling is that if you can say you’re 25 percent Caucasian, you’re Caucasian enough for us.”
Source: Reuters
Hey, white men need money for college too!
