Alita's Blog

In fact, I don’t remember those times. I was not around back then. Considering the small number of people over the age of 100, few remember anything from so long ago. Time has a way of moving on, even when we choose not to. I am not suggesting that we forget the past or pretend that it never happened. Many bad events occurred in the past and many more are yet to come. Even today, we are faced with unpleasant events which will change the way we live in the future. We must learn from the mistakes made by our ancestors and ourselves and not repeat them. This is after all a free country, and we are each free to be who and what we please…within limits. Some activities are limited by the laws of our land, we cannot cause harm in exercising our freedoms in other words. Other activities are a matter of ethics, and we will answer to God for how we choose to treat each other based on what is in our hearts. The underlying issue today is the prohibitive cost of higher education for everyone. We are told that college is necessary to get a job that will allow us to afford to survive. Then upon graduation, we are in more debt than we can afford to pay. Everyone going into college is searching for any scholarship available to help with the cost. I wish them all luck.

I am only 33 years old, however I was told by my grandmother and great grandmother how things used to be. I feel that if you work hard yes, you will accomplish your dream. Don't get upset or feel that it is unfair that caucasians do not have a scholarship for caucasians. Alot of African American groups have donated money to scholarships for African Americans to go to school. Speak up about this stand up and be heard. Do not say that it is unfair for minorities to have all these scholarships, when all you are doing is complaining.

Clevebtch, I know you don't really believe what you just wrote. The Government listens to no one and the way it seems now a days answers to no one either. I will also say MAYBE the caucasisn is the new african american, lets see if the discrimination lasts as long as what african americans went through. It is not what you say but how you say it. I spoke about the Kramer incident, to me it wasn't using the "N" word that made him racist. It was the fact that he discussed lynchings, that makes him a racist. The "N" word has no power in my life, it refers to no particular race. However talking about what happened in the past as if it was something to be proud of...makes him a racist. All that I am saying about the scholarship is this, leave no stone unturned when it comes to something anyone wants.

I dont have a problem with whites setting up scholarships for caucasions because I personally believe that this is not a new thing, it was just never said that it was for whites only.

My issue is this, stop complaining and leave no stone unturned. I do not use race nor minority as an excuse that was in response to someone elses blog that had gotten aired. Just keep in mind that there is a reason that scholarships and even race quotas were started. I got thru school with a diabetes scholarship and later went back under a transplant scholarship. So that is my issue, if you are caucasion and want a scholarship leave no stone unturned!