Talking Points 6

"A Particularly Cheap White Wine"
By: Tim Wise

1) "In truth, only 3.5 percent of college students of color receive any scholarships even partly based on race, suggesting that such programs remain a pathetically small piece of the financial aid picture in this country, irrespective of what a gaggle of reactionary white folks might believe."
     -This just adds to the whole idea of white privilege and the culture of power because Wise is saying that even though scholarships that have anything to do with race are so small in number, yet whites are still trying to eliminate them.  This shows that the ones in power want to stay in power and those without need to be stripped of even more power.  It's a parallel idea to, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.  Just because all the other scholarships out there aren't specified as "white" based scholarships, who are they mostly targeted to/for?
2) "Fact is, there are plenty of scholarships for people who are left-handed, or kids whose parents sell Tupperware, or the children of horse-breeders, or descendents of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, among many thousands of such awards."
     - Firs of all, why would you ever institute a scholarship for kids whose parents sell Tupperware?  That has NOTHING to do with merit at all, but you don't see these people arguing such ridiculous scholarships as this.  Anyway, this quote coincides with my previous quote perfectly because it answers the question of who are the recipients  of all other scholarships.  It goes along with the idea of the white privilege and those with power gaining more and keeping it from those without.  None of these scholarships have anything to do with merit and more than likely they all are targeted to white students who do not need scholarships with titles that fit perfectly for them.
3) "...in truth, the standard is simple, straight-forward and singular: persons belonging to groups that have been systematically marginalized in this society, should have opportunities targeted to them so as to allow for the development of their full potential which other wise might be restricted by said marginalization."
     -This quote followed perfectly behind my other two because it directly addresses the problem in this system of issuing scholarships and the irony of the opposer's complaints.  There needs to be scholarships for students of color and race other than the majority's because they more than likely went through school with many difficulties and challenges that whites never had to face.  White schools get better teachers, better programs, and better scores because of it, while predominantly black schools do not receive such a good education or advisement, leaving them severely behind white students in their academic abilities.  Therefore, these scholarships targeted to those of  color or different race are necessary and should be accepted because these students did not receive all the perks that the white students did and they need these scholarships because of the culture of power, white privilege, and disadvantages made by whites.