Group Offers Scholarships for New Texas Minority Group: White Males
- Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:24am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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In the end, it’s a scholarship for a minority group in Texas.
It may be hard to believe, but whites are currently not the overwhelming majority in the Lone Star state: 42 percent of the population are white, non-Hispanics (down from over 50 percent 10 years ago). So Colby Bohannon, an Iraq War veteran, decided to create a new scholarship for white males, remembering how hard it was for him to get a scholarship when he was looking for one:
KTBC reports:
The scholarship is being offered by “The Former Majority Association for Equality”.
Colby Bohannon, the president of FMAE, started the group after he had a hard-time securing a scholarship for himself.
The group claims it‘s not racially motivated and doesn’t have an agenda to promote racial bigotry or segregation.
Applicants must be a man, at least a quarter caucasian, have a proven commitment to education and financial need.
“Our organization will have nothing to do with any organization that promotes bigotry, supremacy or discrimination,” said Bohannon.
Bohannon started the group with some friends. They plan to to begin handing out $500 scholarships this summer for fall semester. Qualified students must be white males with at least a 3.0 grade point average, according the group’s website.
Bohannon knows he will face criticism. “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,” he told Reuters.
But in the end, his goal is to level the playing field as his state’s demographics change.
“I believe in equality for everyone, as well as being a strong believer that everyone should have an opportunity to attend college no matter who they are or where they come from,” Calysta Spence, FMAE’s fundraising coordinator, told The University Star.






















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ChiefGeorge
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:10amIt is a fair and just idea in the face of the reasons we give every other minority group special considerations even single mothers will fair better than a white male in this country. So I can see nothing wrong with this and its simply a symptom of our times but its not a disease.
Report Post »chuck_wagon
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:56amThere will always be racism in this country as long as there’s a united ***** college fund or naacp or black caucus. When they wake up and help all Americans then they will be treated as equals. But when you show preferential treatment to only one group the rest of the citizenry will look at them with doubt.
Report Post »Thirdeye
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:34amHave you forgotten you’ve been doing it for YEARS!!! I didn’t get help from the NAACP or UNCF i had to join the Marines to get some to pay for my college. White man reaps the benefits it’s cool and what this country was built for. Black man has a freaking college fund for blacks or a damn history month and it’s total chaos because we are not helping this country. Black soldiers have died defending this county just like Caucasians.And we still don’t have all the rights as you. Obama is a puppet and just to let you in on it, the Muslims of the Middle East don’t like him.
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:57pmThirdeye,
Report Post »Are you a reverse racist?
Just wondering. Do you see the difference between this fund and the United ***** Colledge Fund?
sjohn70037
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:52amGod Bless Texas, where Whitey is the minority.
Report Post »9thCommandment
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:43amFair idea, bad PR name.
Report Post »momsense
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:26amIt’s about time! My son lost his father when he was 11. When it came time for him to decide on college or work, I poured over the financial folders. It was a nightmare. If he had been Black or Latino there would have been many grants( non repayable) for him to get to college. The only thing that my son had access to was loans( highly repayable and with 8% interest). I was making the grand sum of $17,000 year losing about 1/3 to taxes, paying a mortgage that took nearly 1/3 of the net, and they still wanted me to pay $2,000 for the balance of what they wouldn’t pay. Needless to say, my son didn’t get to go to college while some ghetto brat who could barely read or write got in —in many cases because he could throw a football, tackle a dummy, ( living or otherwise), shoot a basket or because he could complete a color scheme that the left insisted upon and idiot administrators allowed themselves to get blackmailed into to get the government funds. Whenever I hear these professional poor and and professional victims whining about how entitled and hard done by they are,I have two basic reactions–I either want to smack the crap out of them or I just walk away angrier that I already am. For years I lost substantially from my paycheck to pay for someone else’s family–when I needed help, there was none. Don’t talk to me about ancient history in trying to rationalize this gimmee, gimmee, gimmee for the racial special interests. I no longer want to hear your bi**hing.
Report Post »BlazerBlazer
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 3:16amI feel your frustration…my grandchildren are going through the pain of paying student loans… they too were treated the same way. It causes many students to give up because they see minorities come to college with everything paid and then watch them goof off, take courses that will never be useful in life…just get to the end is all they want… (there are exceptions) The whole education subject is frustrating… we should support Michelle Rhee with StudentsFirst.org.
Report Post »CaptainSpaulding
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:26amIt’s racist to only offer aid to one skin color!
-spokesman for the United ***** College Fund
Report Post »Thirdeye
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:28amAnd when blacks are unemployed we are lazy. And when WHITES are unemployed it’s a depression! Kick Rocks…
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:25amI feel so disenfranchised! I need government assistance! Oh the humanity! My turn chumps, pay me.
Report Post »stinkybisquit
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:22amI‘m just glad he didn’t name it, so he could use a stupid acronym like ACORN. Unless he could have come up with one that spelled GRINGO.
Report Post »1994bobbysgirl
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:19amDoesn’t bother me! Do what you want to, as long as you’re using your own money.
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kellyann62
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:17amIt is ABOUT time…….I just put my daughter through college…little white girl…..who despite 4.0 GPA and all around great kid – wasn’t a minority and so got virtually next to nothing in scholarships and aid. Believe me it was not for lack of trying – over 100 scholarship/grant apps submitted. Guess who got all the money – not her – she was white. We were actually told that on many occasions. Let’s talk about the Black Student unions….Whites were not allowed to have a white student union….don’t even get me started. This does not….by any stretch of the imagination mean that I am racist (of course some of you may say different because of small brain syndrome). It is painful to see my daughter graduate with her Masters (with HONORS) and now strapped with 150K in student loans. Unfortunately being a single mom…I was only able to pay for 1.5 years…the rest was on her. It is about time that this system starts giving something to white kids. Quite frankly – if I had it my way – there would not be any financial rewards to ANY minority….it should be based SOLELY on academic achievement. If that were the case….my daughter would not suffer knowing that for the next 25 years…she will be paying $920.00 MONTHLY~!!! Very sad.
Report Post »ETOOL USMC RECON
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:42amGood for you and your daughter. A friends son applied at a law school nearby here; he had a good LSAT as well as undergrad GPA but was not allowed in….due to the quotas that they had for any minority. My freind was fit to be tied but he later found out that he was actaully 1/8 Indian…so low and behold HIS SON GETS ACCEPTED…..NOT BASED ON MERIT BUT SIMPLY RACE!.
The philosophical question that I have had for years is…..How deaply has the reduction in standards due to racist quotas hurt each and every sector of our country???
Report Post »Thirdeye
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:26amGood for her but you think think she’s the only one that has to pay back student loans? Like every black person just walks in to a college and says UNCF sent me and it’s paid? Seems you need to get an education as well. Oh let’s not forget you needed to tell me your not racist.
1994 The first Court Ordered White Only Scholarships was created at Historically Black Colleges in Alabama – Look it up!
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:24pmKelly Ann, where did your daughter attend college? I have a very hard time believing that a well rounded student with a 4.0 received little financial aid in the form of scholarships and grants.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:14amwhere can we donate to?!
Report Post »homeschooler
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:12amWith three white boys all in high school, I can tell you they are the minority when it comes to scholarships.
Next in line will be your white girl who is now basking in the glow of Title 9.
Title 9 will be next to go in favor of only giving to “minorities”.
I’m just saying…
Report Post »rdk
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:10amThey should offer scholarships for people over 65. Get the old people off the streets.
Report Post »ffighter
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:05amThe United ***** College Fund won‘t give a scholarship to a white person so the way I see it they can’t say a damn word to this group. And I would like to make a donation myself. Whats right is right and if that makes us racist then so be it. I have been called worse.
Report Post »Thirdeye
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:20amMaybe because you are!!!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:01amthank God an American group is finally stepping up to the plate. We’ve been discriminated against for 40 years.
Report Post »jeckelmyhyde
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:56amIt‘s as if they think that there aren’t any disadvantaged white men who need economic assistance to get an education. It’s not like stating that the NBA is racist because only 12% of the population is black, or why does congress have a black caucus and not a white caucus, or Al Sharton and Jesse Jackson preaching equality, yet they never have any whites on their payroll. Who celebrates White History month. Do I appear to be a racist because I state facts, Hmmm. Is it possible to say that the white male is the most decriminated against segment of our population by government entities. I don’t think so, just maybe the most ignored, because it is usually the squeeky wheel that get the greese.
Report Post »Thirdeye
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:19amWell you’ve been getting the grease so stop bending over!! So many white men in this site have been rejected due to the color of their skin… Come on!!! Half of you are racists and the other half of you are on your way to becoming like the other half. The funniest part is that you need not be afraid of the blacks RIGHT NOW!! You should be afraid of those Mexicans because they don’t care about you.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:08pmthirdrail,
I could count the racists on this board on one hand (you included). I do, however, see nothing but praises for Herman, Sowell and Allen. Think you might be onboard for that? I thought not. If you can’t support men like them, go pound sand somewhere else.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:53amFinally, white folk get a break. Of course, making this statement has branded me a gun toting, violent, rabble rousing RACIST. That being said. I stand by my statement.
Report Post »IAGREE
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:07pmSo you believe that white males need a break in this country. Do you believe that people who aren’t white get more breaks? Do you think that there are not enough funds around for smart white males? Just want to be clear here.
Report Post »cece959
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:53amThe blacks have the United ***** College Fund. It’s been around for decades and no one has had a problem with that. What’s the difference?
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:58amThe difference is, we still need a “White Entertainment Television” channel and White history month.
Report Post »MAJORMINOR
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:06amHow about an Irish History Month…
Report Post »cece959
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:09amIndeed!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:17amthere’s 12 months a year, we ought to pick 12 nationalities who have actually MADE something out of America, like the hardworking Irish and Polsih and Italkaians.. they deserve their own months. once blacks put the cotton bolls down, they have not Contributed to America since 1865. sorry, just fact. look what happened to the prosperous gleaming clean American cities when the Whites started to move out. one real good example: DETROIT. another and the next great example will be CHICAGO.
Report Post »Thirdeye
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:11amMaybe if your Racist Ancestors wouldn’t have taken my ancestors away in chains to work for you then you could. B.E.T is run my MTV which is owned by a Caucasian so you should think before you speak instead of just talking stupid… Most of your comments are so funny! I would think that most of you are educated that is the real scary part.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:18amBurnthills,
I can think of 2 right now….Herman Caine and Allan West. Both have contributed greatly. But they are the exception. Hopefully they will contribute BIG time in the present and near future. Things will change for the better if they do.
Report Post »MAJORMINOR
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:10pmThirdEye
Report Post »Why would you call our ancestors racist…None of my ancestors had slaves…and you were never a slave.
We struck a nerve with you by calling attention to the special treatment given to some races in this country at the expense of others.
Try being a little more thick skinned.
Thirdeye
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:56pmThe difference is you watch Black Entertainment Television and say man, i wish i could be black!! Why in the world anyone would think that blacks would call this racist is baffling to me. White women should be appalled that he only wants to help white men. At least the Negroes help male and female. Seems he’s discriminating against his own. LOL
Report Post »Thirdeye
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 3:02pm@ MAJORMINOR struck a nerve are you kidding me? This is a joke! You have whites up here complaining that blacks have UNCF and the NAACP when it’s not effecting you in any way. And your Irish not even considered blond hair blue eyed. Hell before you worry about the NAACP or the UNCF you should pay attention to the I.R.A.!!!
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:45amNAACP. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Report Post »Thirdeye
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:03amI like that slogan better than “Your kind aint wanted around these parts.”
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:45amMLK: “Content of character and not color of skin”
This is not a good strategic move, guys. You’re fighting the wrong battle. Race will always be an issue as long as it’s a great political weapon.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:58amI disagree. There is a performance component to it, and fractional caucasians are eligible. H*ll Obama could get these scholarships! Don’t be so quick to panic, the left has trained you well. Read carefully and think logically. He will be criticised, by people who are reactive and don’t care about the details. Like Wisconsin Union Democrats.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:44amI like this, somewhat performance based, fractions are respected. I am sure he/they will be criticised…so be it.
Report Post »mcpbob
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:38amanything white always upsets those of the other shades , they want their stuff free, fast and often.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:07amthey blacks will scream RACIST! loudest, they’ve been getting everything handed to them absolutely free since 1865. it’s really ingrained in them that the American Whites are nothing more than freebie vending machines. we’re glad an American White group is standing up for the facts. there is no United White College Fund, no National Association for the Advancement of White People (tho our family’s veterans laugh the NAACP is actually the Natl Assn for the Advancemt of ******* People)
Report Post »Thirdeye
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:08amBurnthills you sound like you are a true racist!
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:18pmOnly thing this black man is creaming racist at is you Burnthills. I like the idea of this scholarship, except I recieved quite a few scholarships and none of them were for being black, maybe he just didn’t have the grades/extracurricular activities.
Report Post »King_friedrich
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:36amAbout time someone has done this. I am So tired of the white christian male being the minority with leprosy.
Report Post »Thirdeye
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:01amWhat is it with the white christian male stuff? The white man has always reaped the benefits, come on! I‘m a black male and i don’t feel offended by this at all. Actually this shouldn‘t even be news but i bet you the person that covered this wasn’t black, he was white. I don’t care who gets the money. Heck if anything why only stop at white males, why not white women also, they need an education as well.
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:32amWhy does anyone get upset about any scholarship? People should be allowed to give money to whoever they want.
Report Post »Steve Martin
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:44amI quit buying anything from Mcdonalds because they only support blacks.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:02amwe quit McDs only because we had no clue WHAT was going in our Happy Meals when you looked at the zoo assembling the hamburgers. ..
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:03am@stevemartin, and just how did you arrive at that? Let me in on the thought process that led you there.
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:10am@ Steve,
Report Post »Let’s say, for argument’s sake, McD DID only support blacks (which I contest!).
How does that hurt you for them to give money to whoever they want?
Psychosis
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:31amif they enforced immigration laws they wouldnt be in the minority…………………..wonder why the fed isnt enforcing immigration law
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:40am@Psychosis – Great point, that seems to be the real issue here. This will get ugly. It is true though, it is getting very difficult for white people to get scholarships. If you’re white you are automatically disqualified from the majority of scholarships. I believe in equal rights for everyone. Scholarships should be based on academic performance only.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Society in Decline video
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:43amI wish one of the requirements was being a Constitutional conservative too. I wondered when this would happen and I think they are brave to do it.
Report Post »felina g
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:43amDivide and conquer. Act and re-act. Keep the puppet show rolling to keep our eyes off the iceberg.
Wake up people.
Report Post »nuttyvet
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:50amThis poor guy is going to get hammered from the left. If he is racist, then so is the NAACP, RAZA (well, they’re obviously racist…)
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:51amDo not like to put people against people, whoever, i get it it. born in 1966, my whole life every institution, job, school has put me and my like to the back of the bus to make up for past discrimination. My whole generation will tell you. in the military for a white to be promoted in the infantry to sargeant you needed 800 points when a black or hispanic need 550. Discrimination is wrong no matter what color is being discriminated against. this scholarship on principal should be stopped
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:52amYes, there are low-income white males who need assistance, too. If the United ***** College Fund were to also grant scholarships to low-income white males this would be a non-issue.
Report Post »geminisailor
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:58amThose of us who are of Anglo/European descent here in Texas are becoming a minority, and fast. Google check that fact if you need some proof.
I don’t have a problem with what this gentleman is doing with this scholarship idea. Scholarship money can go to whatever group or inidividual you wish it to, and if he wants to give it to people of Anglo/European descent, more power to him.
Report Post »Klarky
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:01amThis goes beyond immigration, there should be more programs geared toward white males. I have often wondered why don’t we have something called the White Male Workers of America (WMWA)? All the other groups have their own programs and awards, why not us?
Report Post »Stonewall_Jackson
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:05amMy hat is off to them. While there are TV messages regarding the UNITIED NIGRO COLLAGE FUND and the message “a mind is a terrible thing to waste” pointed again at Blacks. Why should anyone claim racism? There are groups for other minorities as well so why not one for whites. In reality there should be none for anyone but there are so why not for the white man as well.
As a While male business man I find it very difficult in getting business from the large fortune companies as I do not have the “minority status” that all the companies seek due to Government mandates to do business with minorities.
To start with we should not be mentioning that people will find this offensive. It is not offensive as it does the same thing as the current other programs seek to promote.
Time to just not give a dam anymore to what other say and think. If anyone other than them are getting any help is will always be claimed as unfair so I say to dam bad!
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:30am@ PSYCHOSIS……….The reason the Fed doesn’t enforce immigration laws is for a couple of reasons. First, it is a large immediately government dependent group that will vote for the politicians holding up the entitlement programs. Second, the elitist view among many democrats and blue-bloods like bush is they desire to have a North American Union where our north and south borders would become obsolete. You can Google Earth and see for yourself the Texas corridor being built from deep Mexico up into Canada. They don’t want borders. Secret tri-government meeting have been occurring for years. The Amero already exists and a “constitution is being fabricated. Just do some investigation on these maters for yourself if you don’t believe me.
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all argument, and which cannot fail to keep man in everlasting ignorance. That principle is condemnation before investigation………..
Edmund Spencer
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:15amAffirmative actions needs to end. It no longer applies. This group will get hell, because the majority of ethnic groups believe they are being held back by the “man.” The only thing holding them back is themselves.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:26am@Psychosis
Nothing more than a modern day Know Nothing. I would say your racism is out of place, but on the Blaze its par for the course.
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:27am@ISHKA4ME
Report Post »Then all other minority scholarships should also be stopped, because they discriminate against whites. Believe it or not, but there are a majority of whites who need money, too. If you think that every white person is middle class or up, you are not only wrong, but racist.
@GEMINISAILOR
Use any other search engine, but Google. They are not an honest/ethical company. I agree with everything else you said.
Thirdeye
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:54amJust like the white man to complain when things don’t go his way!!!
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:03am@ THIRDEYE…………Just like a liberal to contradict his own views when it is convenient. All the talk about minorities need help ……………………..oh except if the minority is white!!! Liberal ideology is not only disgusting but continually contradictory. Your positions are your own worst enemy to logic.
Report Post »colonial10
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:32pmAnother high quality man doing America a favor. Awesome. I always asked myself growing up when people were going to give us a hand up? I’m sure he will be attacked by ignorant people even of his own race. God bless this Man.
Report Post »GrannyATL
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:32pmIt’s about time that the playing field began to level out. Think about what the reaction would be if we had:
The United White College Fund
White Entertainment Awards
White History Month
You get the idea.
Report Post »DirectlyUnPCman
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:34pmI love this. Been saying for years white men are discriminated against when it comes to education.
Report Post »Thirdeye
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 3:17pm@ watchtheotherhand i don’t see a problem with this at all. I don‘t believe he’s racist for creating an all white scholarship, my question to half you idiots would be why do you believe blacks would find this racist?
Report Post »ccardiff1
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 4:31pmIt will be over shortly for all of us anyway. This country is a mess and some other country China, etc. is going to call their tab and we’ll be up the creek without a paddle.
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