Right, well I'm not exactly sure if the scenario I'm about to describe falls under the category of this thread's title, but it's close enough anyway, so I'll leave it.
Right, here we go:
My family's last name is Rodriguez, and we live in the south western united states. We are not Hispanic, no one in our family (extended) is Hispanic, hell no one in my family has ever been to Mexico, or anywhere in Latin America, to the best of my knowledge. There was one Spanish guy (that is to say, from Spain, good ol' European Spain) somewhere on my fathers side other than that, me and my siblings are mostly of German, Italian, and just a pinch of Irish heritage. Basically we are all western European mutts by ancestor, but we happened to end up with the Spanish last name. And just to put things into even more into perspective, both of my parents families came over to America in the early 1900s, so that's where my family comes from.
Anyway, My little sister (who is currently a sophomore in the same High school I went to when I was her age) was recently called out of a class along with roughly every other Hispanic kid in her class, and were taken into a meeting where they were all told about the amazing government benefits, scholarships, and even free hand outs for college and other post-high school education options, that they were now being given special access to, WHY? because they're Hispanic of course!
Let me tell you a little bit about the high school I went to (and my little sister is currently going to) we are in a rather upscale suburb of one of the American southwest’s larger cities, EVERYONE who goes to that school is from a family that, though perhaps isn't flat out rich, are doing fairly well for themselves. If you were to see the cars that these kids have out in the student parking lot it'd make you drool, and then probably send you into a classist rage, hell, it was nearly enough to turn me into a Marxist, and want to violently over through those spoiled upper class do nothings! Anyway, my point is, why are THESE kids getting free money!? Why is anyone from that school getting a free hand out? And what stupider criteria could be used, than someone's last name?! The idea is clearly to help out Hispanic kids, but none of the Hispanic kids in that area are struggling for cash, I could understand if this was an inner city school (Well I still couldn't understand it completely, the last name thing still gets me, why shouldn't Caucasians or even other minority groups be entitled to the same benefits?!) but this is richy richvill, and offering minority students extra benefits is just completely insane!
Not only that, but the fact that my sister was there, shows what short sited narrow minded, incompetent morons the people running these programs really are! On every form with a box asking our race, every member of our family checks Caucasian or white! We've never claimed to be Hispanic, and one look at my sister, and you'd guess that her name was Whitey McCracker, but guess what, because of a lusty young man from Castil (I hope that's how you spell it) somehow generations later, my sister is the rightful beneficiary of tax money set aside to help the children of already wealthy families! Where's the logic in that!?
Anyway, seeing how as I'm not really getting anywhere writing this, and am starting to repeat myself, I'll just ask for your opinion of this situation and leave it at that.
Also, I'll be happy to talk with my sister about the specific offers that are now open to her, if you guys want specifics.
(The real tragedy is that they never offered me free money when I was going to that school! And we even had a democrat in office then, what a gyp!)
Right, here we go:
My family's last name is Rodriguez, and we live in the south western united states. We are not Hispanic, no one in our family (extended) is Hispanic, hell no one in my family has ever been to Mexico, or anywhere in Latin America, to the best of my knowledge. There was one Spanish guy (that is to say, from Spain, good ol' European Spain) somewhere on my fathers side other than that, me and my siblings are mostly of German, Italian, and just a pinch of Irish heritage. Basically we are all western European mutts by ancestor, but we happened to end up with the Spanish last name. And just to put things into even more into perspective, both of my parents families came over to America in the early 1900s, so that's where my family comes from.
Anyway, My little sister (who is currently a sophomore in the same High school I went to when I was her age) was recently called out of a class along with roughly every other Hispanic kid in her class, and were taken into a meeting where they were all told about the amazing government benefits, scholarships, and even free hand outs for college and other post-high school education options, that they were now being given special access to, WHY? because they're Hispanic of course!
Let me tell you a little bit about the high school I went to (and my little sister is currently going to) we are in a rather upscale suburb of one of the American southwest’s larger cities, EVERYONE who goes to that school is from a family that, though perhaps isn't flat out rich, are doing fairly well for themselves. If you were to see the cars that these kids have out in the student parking lot it'd make you drool, and then probably send you into a classist rage, hell, it was nearly enough to turn me into a Marxist, and want to violently over through those spoiled upper class do nothings! Anyway, my point is, why are THESE kids getting free money!? Why is anyone from that school getting a free hand out? And what stupider criteria could be used, than someone's last name?! The idea is clearly to help out Hispanic kids, but none of the Hispanic kids in that area are struggling for cash, I could understand if this was an inner city school (Well I still couldn't understand it completely, the last name thing still gets me, why shouldn't Caucasians or even other minority groups be entitled to the same benefits?!) but this is richy richvill, and offering minority students extra benefits is just completely insane!
Not only that, but the fact that my sister was there, shows what short sited narrow minded, incompetent morons the people running these programs really are! On every form with a box asking our race, every member of our family checks Caucasian or white! We've never claimed to be Hispanic, and one look at my sister, and you'd guess that her name was Whitey McCracker, but guess what, because of a lusty young man from Castil (I hope that's how you spell it) somehow generations later, my sister is the rightful beneficiary of tax money set aside to help the children of already wealthy families! Where's the logic in that!?
Anyway, seeing how as I'm not really getting anywhere writing this, and am starting to repeat myself, I'll just ask for your opinion of this situation and leave it at that.
Also, I'll be happy to talk with my sister about the specific offers that are now open to her, if you guys want specifics.
(The real tragedy is that they never offered me free money when I was going to that school! And we even had a democrat in office then, what a gyp!)