A nonprofit group in Texas says white men aren’t offered enough college scholarships, so they want to do something about it.
The “Former Majority Association for Equality” was started by Texas State University student Colby Bohannon, an Iraq War veteran who says he had trouble finding college scholarships for which he qualified. Although he found many programs offering money to female or minority students, few were for white males like himself.
“I felt excluded,” Bohannon said. “If everyone else can find scholarships, why are we left out?” Bohannon added: “If you’re not a male, and if you’re not white, you’re called a minority. But I’m not sure white males are the majority anymore.”
So Bohannon and some friends founded the FMAE group, which will begin handing out $500 scholarships this summer. The catch is that only white men with at least a 3.0 grade point average can qualify.
Already, Bohannon and his group are getting heated criticism from various minority groups who feel white males are the most represented and awarded group in America. Many feel white males are the least in need of help, particularly when women, African-Americans, Hispanics, and other minority groups are continually left out.
“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,” Bohannon said. But he added he’s just trying to help students who may have been a majority in the past, but are no longer as America’s demographics change.
"Already, Bohannon and his group are getting heated criticism from various minority groups who feel white males are the most represented and awarded group in America."Indeed. They. Are. "Many feel white males are the least in need of help, particularly when women, African-Americans, Hispanics, and other minority groups are continually left out."Also True.However, those 2 Truths don't change the fact that some White males feel there is a need for an *ONLY White males need apply* scholarship. The "FMAE" group, of Texas, was established to meet that (PERCEIVED) need. And I suspect that *minority* groups raising sand about it will result in little more than an exercise in futility.