Bartram
Brand HBCUbian
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i guess this is to be expected, but I think this young lad totally misses the point as to why there was/is a "UNCF", "HBCU",, etc in the first place. at any rate, I'll be following this to see what comes of it.
now I would concede,,,,,, in this increasingly politically correct America that we live in,,, it's getting harder to justify "black" icons not being touched while there is so much controversy/sensitivity over "white" this and that and while blacks generally support the dismantling of emotionally charged names like the Washington Redskins, Cleveland Indians,,, etc.
I think the black movement and complaints against whites is now coming back to haunt black society just like the UN coming back to haunt U.S./Bush war efforts. This is why I asked in a previous post a couple of months ago should HBCUs change the name or simply drop the "Black". If the overwhelming answer is "no", then what's wrong with this young lad starting his UWPCF,,,,, even though we all know this is simply making a political/social statement?????
Texas Tech Student Announces 'United White Persons College Fund'
By JEFFREY R. YOUNG
Matthew Coday wants to be sued, or at least to provoke debate on his campus
about racial preferences at colleges. The Texas Tech senior loudly announced
this month a new scholarship, which he is calling "The United White Persons
College Fund."
Mr. Coday, who is white, said his effort, which he said would give a $2,000
scholarship to one student each year, is a jab at the United Negro College
Fund, which he argued discriminates against white students. Although he
acknowledged that the UNCF does not exclude members of any group from its
scholarships, he said that in practice the group is exclusive, since it
supports historically black colleges. (While all of the private colleges
that are members of UNCF are historically black, none bar white students and
many have some white students enrolled.)
Mr. Coday plans to mirror his scholarship program on the policies of the
United Negro College Fund's programs: He said that no student would be
excluded based on race, but that his mission was to support members of a
certain group -- in this case, white students. "If you can have an
organization that can serve to better your racial group," he said, "then
so can we."
"I would just dare anyone to take me to court and try to have our
organization declared discriminatory and therefore unconstitutional," he
said. Such a finding, he said, would call into question the legality of
other groups as well. "I would love to see organizations like the United
Negro College Fund disbanded." Mr. Coday said he had raised more than $1,000
so far for his scholarship fund, mainly from friends, relatives, and others
who have heard of his efforts in recent local news reports. He said he hopes
to raise at least $50,000 by the fall, when the first scholarship will be
awarded. "There were a lot of scholarships I didn't qualify for because I
wasn't Hispanic or because I wasn't black," he added.
He said that he will refuse to take any money from white-supremacist groups,
and that he does not consider himself a racist. "That's like saying, Isn't
the United Negro College Fund black supremacist?" he said.
So far, Mr. Coday said, his efforts have not sparked much debate on the
campus. "I expect the black-student organizations to march against me," he
said, "There's a firestorm that's about to erupt." The president of the
Black Student Association on the campus, Martin Lee Dorsey II, said his
group had not yet had time to decide whether and how to respond to the new
fund, though the group will discuss a possible response at a meeting next
week.
But Mr. Dorsey said he found the spirit of the scholarship troubling. "There
are 21,000 white students here and only 818 black students," he said. "He's
being discriminated against? I don't think so. I mean, come on." "You can
get scholarships for just about anything these days," added Mr. Dorsey. "I
don't think the United Negro College Fund is a discriminatory
scholarship. ... He's just trying to do this to get attention."
Leaders of the United Negro College Fund could not be reached for comment
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now I would concede,,,,,, in this increasingly politically correct America that we live in,,, it's getting harder to justify "black" icons not being touched while there is so much controversy/sensitivity over "white" this and that and while blacks generally support the dismantling of emotionally charged names like the Washington Redskins, Cleveland Indians,,, etc.
I think the black movement and complaints against whites is now coming back to haunt black society just like the UN coming back to haunt U.S./Bush war efforts. This is why I asked in a previous post a couple of months ago should HBCUs change the name or simply drop the "Black". If the overwhelming answer is "no", then what's wrong with this young lad starting his UWPCF,,,,, even though we all know this is simply making a political/social statement?????
Texas Tech Student Announces 'United White Persons College Fund'
By JEFFREY R. YOUNG
Matthew Coday wants to be sued, or at least to provoke debate on his campus
about racial preferences at colleges. The Texas Tech senior loudly announced
this month a new scholarship, which he is calling "The United White Persons
College Fund."
Mr. Coday, who is white, said his effort, which he said would give a $2,000
scholarship to one student each year, is a jab at the United Negro College
Fund, which he argued discriminates against white students. Although he
acknowledged that the UNCF does not exclude members of any group from its
scholarships, he said that in practice the group is exclusive, since it
supports historically black colleges. (While all of the private colleges
that are members of UNCF are historically black, none bar white students and
many have some white students enrolled.)
Mr. Coday plans to mirror his scholarship program on the policies of the
United Negro College Fund's programs: He said that no student would be
excluded based on race, but that his mission was to support members of a
certain group -- in this case, white students. "If you can have an
organization that can serve to better your racial group," he said, "then
so can we."
"I would just dare anyone to take me to court and try to have our
organization declared discriminatory and therefore unconstitutional," he
said. Such a finding, he said, would call into question the legality of
other groups as well. "I would love to see organizations like the United
Negro College Fund disbanded." Mr. Coday said he had raised more than $1,000
so far for his scholarship fund, mainly from friends, relatives, and others
who have heard of his efforts in recent local news reports. He said he hopes
to raise at least $50,000 by the fall, when the first scholarship will be
awarded. "There were a lot of scholarships I didn't qualify for because I
wasn't Hispanic or because I wasn't black," he added.
He said that he will refuse to take any money from white-supremacist groups,
and that he does not consider himself a racist. "That's like saying, Isn't
the United Negro College Fund black supremacist?" he said.
So far, Mr. Coday said, his efforts have not sparked much debate on the
campus. "I expect the black-student organizations to march against me," he
said, "There's a firestorm that's about to erupt." The president of the
Black Student Association on the campus, Martin Lee Dorsey II, said his
group had not yet had time to decide whether and how to respond to the new
fund, though the group will discuss a possible response at a meeting next
week.
But Mr. Dorsey said he found the spirit of the scholarship troubling. "There
are 21,000 white students here and only 818 black students," he said. "He's
being discriminated against? I don't think so. I mean, come on." "You can
get scholarships for just about anything these days," added Mr. Dorsey. "I
don't think the United Negro College Fund is a discriminatory
scholarship. ... He's just trying to do this to get attention."
Leaders of the United Negro College Fund could not be reached for comment
Tuesday. Copyright ? 2003 by The Chronicle of Higher EducationGet more from
the Web.
