Monday, January 25, 2010

Where's the Discrimination?

I am a white male who is from a middle class family. Until I declared myself independent from my father, I literally had no chance to receive any federal grants or subsidized loans. I have survived college, paid rent, tuition, and even paid(in part) for my own wedding by working year around at a job on my college campus. So where is the discrimination against women? I don't see the vast opportunities and financial aid that I am supposed to have because I was born with a Y chromosome. In fact, I tend to see the opposite. My wife has a long list of scholarships that are only available to her because she is a girl in a scientific field. The fact is that if we wish to eliminate discrimination in distributing financial aid and scholarships we need to base them more on genuine fiscal need than on race or gender.

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