Colby Bohannan

African-American Studies Prof. Rips Student On Whites-Only Scholarships (VIDEO)

David Taintor | March 2, 2011, 4:42PM

An African-American studies professor at Columbia University on Wednesday took to task a Texas student who is organizing scholarship exclusively for white men.

Marc Lamont Hill on MSNBC told Colby Bohannan -- who came up with the scholarship idea -- that "being white is itself a form of scholarship." He said that white Americans have better access to health care, criminal justice and housing, among other things.

"There's no need," he said. In fact, Hill called it a "spectacle that we see every year with Affirmative-Action bake sales, with now whites-only scholarships, which only draw attention to white folk who are becoming increasingly frustrated that the world is becoming a little more fair."

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Topics: Colby Bohannan, Former Majority Association for Equality, Marc Lamont Hill, Texas

Former Majority Association for Equality

Texas Student Defends Scholarships For White Men

David Taintor | March 2, 2011, 8:35AM

Members of the Texas nonprofit group Former Majority Association for Equality are on a media blitz defending their scholarships exclusively for white males.

William Lake -- the group's treasurer and an MBA candidate at Texas State University in San Marcos -- told MSNBC Tuesday afternoon that white men are "one group that just doesn't have any support."

How does he figure? "We saw opportunities for just about every demographic, as far as paying for college goes, except for this one," Lake told TPM.

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Texas State University

TX Group Introduces Scholarships For White Males Only

David Taintor | February 28, 2011, 1:57PM

A volunteer group in San Marcos, Texas has set up scholarships for a group of students they think is underrepresented: white men.

A student formed the "Former Majority Association for Equality" to organize the scholarships. Colby Bohannan -- a senior at Texas State University in San Marcos and the group's president -- told the Austin American-Statesman the lack of white-only scholarships made him feel "excluded."

"If everyone else can find scholarships, why are we left out?" he said.

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Topics: Colby Bohannan, Former Majority Association for Equality, Texas State University