White Student Returns $1,000 Scholarship Intended For Black Students

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<p>"A 17-year-old student at King High School in Riverside has returned a $1,000 scholarship intended for black students because he is white.</p>

<p>Jeffrey Warren and his father Rod returned the scholarship from the Martin Luther King Senior Citizens Club the night the teen was announced as the winner of the African-American student scholarship, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise.</p>

<p>Jeffrey, who has a 4.25 cumulative grade-point average, applied for 27 scholarships and won three others in addition to the award from the Martin Luther King Senior Citizens Club, which only specified that African Americans were ‘encouraged to apply,’ the newspaper reported. School counselors were informed that the scholarship was for black students." …</p>

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<p>Is there an issue? The scholarship committee used poor wording, causing a mistake, and the student fixed the problem when he realized what had happened. Thankfully, he was understanding, and the article says the group is revising the language of the application for clarity.</p>

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<p>I don’t think there’s an issue. I think this is pointing out a student who did the right thing.</p>