College Democrats of America President Lauren Wolfe today blasted Boston University College Republicans for setting up a "whites only" scholarship to ridicule minority scholarships. ABC News reported last week that "Joe Mroszczyk, president of the College Republicans at Boston University, admits he set out to stir up a hornet's nest" with the scholarship, and claims the idea was to show that minority scholarships are "ridiculous." [ABC News, 11/22/06]
The scholarship program comes less than a month after Republicans were soundly rejected by minority voters across the country in this year's midterm elections, and after the President named a Hispanic, Mel Martinez, as head of the RNC to try to mend fences. [Newsweek, 12/4/2006]
"This type of divisive publicity stunt is exactly what voters overwhelmingly rejected in the recent elections," said College Democrats of America President Lauren Wolfe. "Incoming RNC Chairman Mel Martinez should condemn the Boston University College Republicans and their 'whites only' scholarship, and Boston University College Republicans should end it. Anything less would be further proof that you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. The Republican Party still doesn't get it. Minority scholarships serve a vital role to help level the playing field, and ensure everyone in America gets a shot at the American Dream."
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http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/11/cda_blasts_whit.php