By: Tim Wise
Matthew Sawyer
"The president of the College Republicans at Boston University, announces raced-based scholarships for people of color are the worst form of bigotry confronting America today."
"However the College Republicans at Boston University may seek to sin it, make no mistake, the effort to end affirmative action, whether in terms of admissions or scholarships, will have an undeniable impact."
"Colleges will become increasingly populated with white students whose SAT scores might be mightily impressive, but whose moral and ethical compasses, to say nothing of their understanding of the real world, leave something just as mighty to be desired."
As explained in the first quote, Tim Wise's article focuses on a growing feeling that race-based scholarships are in fact forms of bigotry themselves rather than a means at reducing such bigotry. Wise is very adamant in his position and also very convincing, citing various articles and statistics supporting his claims. Throughout most of his article, Wise had me convinced about the legitimacy about his position, until his final sentence, the third quote i chose. This quote for me, underlines the main purpose of Wise's paper, a statistically backed racist rant explaining why Black students are more deserving of a scholarship than white students. Rather than explaining the need for stricter guidelines regarding race-based scholarships, or scholarships based more on financial need rather than race, Wise continues to explain that Black college students simply have something more "real" to offer to the college than white students. In Wise's mind, white students have compromised morale and ethics and have no real understanding of the real world. It is in this statement that wise's article fails, transforming from an informative essay attempting to persuade a point, into a statistically sound article catered to one man's racist view.
"Colleges will become increasingly populated with white students whose SAT scores might be mightily impressive, but whose moral and ethical compasses, to say nothing of their understanding of the real world, leave something just as mighty to be desired."
As explained in the first quote, Tim Wise's article focuses on a growing feeling that race-based scholarships are in fact forms of bigotry themselves rather than a means at reducing such bigotry. Wise is very adamant in his position and also very convincing, citing various articles and statistics supporting his claims. Throughout most of his article, Wise had me convinced about the legitimacy about his position, until his final sentence, the third quote i chose. This quote for me, underlines the main purpose of Wise's paper, a statistically backed racist rant explaining why Black students are more deserving of a scholarship than white students. Rather than explaining the need for stricter guidelines regarding race-based scholarships, or scholarships based more on financial need rather than race, Wise continues to explain that Black college students simply have something more "real" to offer to the college than white students. In Wise's mind, white students have compromised morale and ethics and have no real understanding of the real world. It is in this statement that wise's article fails, transforming from an informative essay attempting to persuade a point, into a statistically sound article catered to one man's racist view.
I completely agree, Matt. I thought he was very persuasive but like you said, towards the end it through me off...I was not expecting that. It's as if he had a good point that went wrong. If you want scholarships to be equal, then don't push for the opposite color...that still isn't equal. I just don't know what he was thinking!!
ReplyDeleteI agree Matt, you summed up the article very well and offered an interesting perspective.
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