MLK Scholarship

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It was like a scene out of "Blazing Saddles" at the Martin Luther King High School gym in Riverside, California, when the Martin Luther King Senior Citizen's Club announced that Jeffrey Warren was the winner of their $1,000 college scholarship, and he stood up to accept it...and he was white. There was a stunned hush, then laughter as they realized the application just said black students were encouraged to apply, not that only black students could apply. Some club members said Jeffrey should keep the money, but when he realized their mistake, he insisted on giving it to the black female runner-up. The club members praised him for being such a good citizen and student, and he's getting offers of other tuition help. Some people questioned why the scholarship should only go to people of a certain color, but private groups are legally allowed to set criteria like that.

A spokeswoman for the Martin Luther King senior club said Jeffrey is a "really neat student" who deserved the scholarship and that Dr. King would say he did everything right. Actually, we know what Dr. King would say, because he already said it: that his dream was that someday, people would be judged solely by the content of their characters, not the color of their skin. He might be disappointed to learn that even in a club named after him, that's still not true.

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Robert and Jennifer, great post.
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