Bill Gates scholarships exclude white kids

Date: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 10:49 PM

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When I saw a webpage by the "National Policy Institute (NPI)" titled Bill
Gates: White kids not eligible for my scholarships I thought it was just a
baseless rant. The commentary didn t provide any references which added to my
skepticism that it was a hoax:
.
http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/2010/01/30/bill-gates-white-kids-not-eligible-for-my-scholarships/

Bill Gates has made his scholarship fund off limits to white teenagers.

The Gates Millennium Scholarship fund is financed by a $1 Billion endowment
Bill Gates made in 1999. The fund explicitly denies eligibility to white
students.

"Students are eligible to be considered for a GMS scholarship if they:

Are African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific
Islander American, or Hispanic American;"

I decided to do some research in order to debunk this rumor before it starts
racing through the internet. Much to my displeasure I confirmed that it s true
that the Bill Gates scholarship intentionally excludes white people. Actually
it excludes many races besides Caucasian. Keep reading to understand how I
came to that conclusion " and don t worry " I will provide enough references
to make your head spin!

The first place to go is the source " the Gates Millennium Scholarship home
page. The NOMINEE PERSONAL INFORMATION FORM 2010 reveals a few disturbing
surprises " scroll down to Item #8 where you will find that U.S. Residency is
required, and then you must choose from the following choices:

https://nominations.gmsp.org/GMSP_APP/docs/NomineeForms.pdf

* U.S. Citizen
* Permanent Resident / National

If you are a permanent resident or a foreign national you are required to
enter your "COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP". So, in other words you don t have to be a
U.S. Citizen but you do have to be a legal alien, which might mean nothing
more than having a student visa. It might sound like anybody in the world is
welcome to apply for the scholarship but item #9 quickly disproves that
idealistic notion. My first impression is that somebody made a mistake on the
form:

Race/Ethnicity - REQUIRED (YOU MAY CHECK ONLY ONE, EVEN IF YOU IDENTIFY

WITH MORE THAN ONE OF THESE GROUPS. IF CHECKING AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA
NATIVE,ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN, OR HISPANIC AMERICAN, ALSO IDENTIFY A
TRIBE OR ETHNIC SUBGROUP IN THE BOXES PROVIDED.)

You must choose one of the following:

* African American
* American Indian / Alaska Native
* Asian Pacific Islander / American
* Hispanic American

By now you have noticed that "Caucasian" isn t offered as a choice but at this
point I thought it was a mere oversight. The FAQs page gives answers to some
of the obvious questions:

http://www.gmsp.org/publicweb/faq.aspx

If a person is applying for their permanent residence or U.S.

Citizenship are they eligible to apply for the Gates Millennium Scholarship?

A student is eligible to apply for the Gates Millennium Scholarship if (he

or she) is a citizen, national or legal permanent resident of the United
States

What are the requirements for the American Indian/Alaska Native

designation for Gates Scholar Nominees?

American Indian/Alaska Native students will be asked to provide proof of

tribal enrollment or certificate of decent from a state of federally
recognized tribe if selected as a GMS candidate finalist.

What are the eligibility criteria for the GMS program?

Students are eligible to be considered for a GMS scholarship if they:

"Are African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander
American or Hispanic American -- Are a citizen, national or legal permanent
resident of the United States

What ethnic groups comprise Asian Pacific Islander Americans?

Asian Pacific Islander Americans include persons having origin from Asia

and/or the Pacific Islands. Asian includes persons having origins in any of
the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian
subcontinent. Pacific Islander includes persons having origins in any of the
original peoples of Hawai i, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
Citizens of the republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of
Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau are also eligible to be nominated.

The NPI report isn t new news as you will see from the following papers.

Theodore Cross, writer at the The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, wrote
a paper in 1999 that discusses the history of the Bill Gates
scholarship: "Bill Gates Gift to Racial Preferences in Higher Education".
Make no mistake, Cross thinks it s a darn good idea that Gates discriminates
against whites, and he isn t very subtle about it
either:

http://www.jstor.org/pss/2999352

Racial conservatives are correct. The huge billion-dollar Gates Millennium

Scholarship program is racially discriminatory. The terms could not be
cleaner. Whites may not apply!

Theodore Cross hasn t been very sympathetic in other writings either: The
Folly of Setting a Grand Theory Requiring Race Neutrality in All Programs of
Higher Education", 2000.

If you believe that there should be no room whatsoever for any race-

conscious policies in higher education, have a careful look at the legions of
university programs that are now in place. You may then change your mind. In
fact, what you see may cast some doubt on the theoretical underpinnings of the
Hopwood ruling banning all considerations of race in student admissions.

Cross has written many other papers, like for instance: "Barack Obama is the
Superior Choice for African-American Voters", 2007.

http://www.jbhe.com/obama1.html

For the first time in the history of our country, a black man has a

credible chance of becoming president of the United States. After the long
nightmare years of slavery, lynchings, Jim Crow, and enduring race
discrimination, one would expect that, in the upcoming presidential primary
contest, Illinois Senator Barack Obama would be the overwhelming choice of
black American voters.

I want to conclude with a few other opinions mostly because it s interesting
to see the cold and indifferent ways discrimination against Caucasians is
discussed in academic circles, and how widely it s understood that the Gates
scholarship is discriminatory.

Towards an Establishment Clause Theory of Race-Based Allocation after
Grutter: Administering Race-Conscious Financial Aid", Maurice R. Dyson,
Southern Methodist University, Law School, 2004

http://law.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2114&context=expresso

and
http://www.uncf.org/forstudents/gatesscholarship.asp

Thus, there is a multi-layered analysis of private choice. The private

choice of donors to restrict aid on the basis of race and the private choice
of scholarship recipients to direct the aid to whatever institution would be
acceptable. This accounts for why a Gates Millennium scholarship or United
Negro College fund might withstand strict scrutiny for each involves private
donors and private recipients without any university intervention.

The Impact of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program on Selected Outcomes of
Low-Income Minority Students: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis, Stephen L.
DesJardins, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education,
University of Michigan and Brian P. McCall, Carlson School of Management,
University of Minnesota. October 2006

http://www.ers.princeton.edu/McCall.pdf

The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) program, funded by the Bill & Melinda

Gates Foundation, was established in 1999 to improve access to and success in
higher education for low-income and high-achieving minority students by
providing them with full tuition scholarships and other types of support.

Estimates are provided for each of the minority groups covered by the

scholarship (African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino/a students).

Considering all of the open talk that has occurred for over a decade of time
about the Gates scholarship, it s truly amazing that whites have been so
silent. Maybe they don t care whether their kids get lucrative scholarships,
or maybe they feel that designated minorities deserve preferences. Go figure!

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