Scholarships for Whites Only?

According to CNN, the College Republicans at Roger Williams University have offered scholarship money to white applicants only.

Am I offended by this? No.

Do I think it is incredibly stupid? Yes. Here’s why. Special interest groups offer scholarships to candidates that match the special interests of the group. This happens all the time, and I don’t have a problem with it. Minority special interest groups offer scholarships to minorities in their group. White special interest groups can (and probably do) offer scholarships to white candidates. But the Republican Party, or the college’s young Republicans, as the case may be, is not a special interest group, in my view. It should be a group that opens its arms and welcomes anyone who endorses its policies, regardless of race, creed, ethnicity or national origin (dare I mention sexual orientation too?). But, this sends a different message. It says: “We College Republicans at Roger Williams University are an organization that only is interested in helping white folk. You minorities stay way.” I wonder what the national Republican Party thinks of this.