AP on Spike Lee's donation

You miss the point, Chee.

Yes, certain fields were dominated by white males. And at one time, those were the people with all the money.

As I said, I have no problem with scholarships aimed at helping those who are disadvantaged based on historical record -- like having to attend worse schools funded by property taxes in black neighborhoods.

But at some point we're all going to have to wake up and realize that it is no longer a black thing or a white thing or a brown thing AS MUCH AS IT IS a money thing.

The numbers say so. That's all I'm pointing out.

 

Is it inappropriate to note that if 16% percent of the sports columnists are African-American, that is about in proportion to the population? Actually, if columnists are the focus, George Lopez should be endowing scholarships for Hispanics instead of bitching about being bumped by the caveman show. That said, there's no doubt there's an underrepresentation in the industry overall, and Lee's effort is worthy. But as Alma has pointed out numerous times, drawing minorities to journalism when much-higher-paying industries are seeking people from that pool is a tough nut to crack.

 

Thank you for lumping me into a broad generalization when you know nothing about me. What a bullshit move. Of course, if I had done it, I'd be a racist. Way to work both sides.

So Buck, where do I apply for my whiteboy scholarship?

To say that it's OK to offer scholarships to people of backgrounds that are historically oppressed is absurd. What race or religion hasn't dealt with that?

 

Sweetness:

Connect these dots for me.

Black people were enslaved in this country, via law.

Later, laws forced their hands about where to live. Where laws didn't force their hands, prejudice and poverty did.

Black people still live in these historically black neighborhoods. Their children attend schools funded by property taxes. The money available to those schools is still, this very day, much less than in white neighborhoods as a direct result of laws of this country.

Thus, scholarships and aid are aimed at these students.

What's the problem?

 

lol......nice!

 

Can't we all just get along?

 

We do in some rooms here now...