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