Ok. It’s their money, they can do with it what they choose. But it begs the question. How much hell would he be getting if he specifically omitted one of those on the list? What if his list read:  Are Caucasian and left it at that? Would the same people be supporting him then? He would be crucified for being racist.

Well folks, it’s still racist. He’s basing his scholarship on race. Why is race an issue? Folks there are underprivileged kids of all races in this country and around the world. Why do we still have scholarships devoted to specific races?

I do want to make it clear, that 4 of the 6 scholarships (or 5 of 7 if you count the achievement scholarships separately) are available to people of all races. The question is, why differentiate? Dr. King said it very well. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

I do not want minority children excluded. I want everyone included. Why are we still basing things on the color of the skin? Why do we have terms like African American, Hispanic American, White American? What happened to Americans? Why can we not embrace the line from the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”

We have the son of a bi-racial couple, raised by his grandmother grow up to be President of the United States. We have had a man raised by a single mother in the poverty of Arkansas grow up to be President. This is a country of opportunity. That’s what we promise. We don’t promise that this is country of opportunity if you are of a specific race. Is there racism on both sides? Yes. Only a fool would say otherwise. However, they are the true minority. It’s time to put race aside and start treating people as Americans. So long as we continue to divide ourselves into groups, we will fail. Like a pair of legs. If they work together, they can run marathons. If they try to work separately, there’s just a lot of stumbling.