This morning I was watching CNN and there was a debate over education. Something that came up was the cost of college, then something interesting happened. They spoke about an organization for scholarships for white males only. The representative for this organization spoke about how just because someone is white doesn't mean they have $50,000 to dole out for a year of school. It sheds light on the fact that most white people do not know the concept of old money and are struggling just as much as other people to get by. He makes the argument that it is not right to offer scholarships to only certain groups of people. Someone on the show then brought up the point on scholarships based on class structure and not race. He stated that to put emphasis on race would not only result in the maintenance of poor race relations but would actually make them worse. Could this possibly mean the beginning of the end for race distinction? If so will it be replaced with economic status? I posted a link that explains the aforementioned organization. Take a look!
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2011/02/28/nr.white.male.scholarships.cnn?iref=allsearch
Meredith Cotter, Post #9
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