A Wisconsin college apparently has been paying close attention to the Biden administration’s affirmative action efforts.
Gateway Technical College has partnered with the S.C. Johnson Co. in a lucrative scholarship program for STEM students.
According to the college, applicants pursuing an education in science, technology, engineering, or math could receive $45,000 toward their education.
They would get $7,500 a year for two years at Gateway Tech.
Then, once they graduate and transfer to one of three specific four-year colleges, S.C. Johnson would give them another $7,500 a year, an amount matched by the college.
The program is open to residents of Racine County, Wisconsin. And to almost anyone who is not a white male.
According to the college’s website, the “SC Johnson STEM Scholars Pathway” is available to female students, “underrepresented” students of color – such as American Indian, Alaskan native, Black, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, or “other ethnic groups underrepresented in science and engineering” – and low-income students.
Low income is defined as someone whose family receives “need-based” financial assistance, having an income at or below the poverty level, or students with an annual family income of less than $50,000.
The conservative website The College Fix, which reported on the scholarship program, noted that theoretically a white male student with a family income of less than $50,000 could apply and perhaps qualify.
But according to the Census Bureau, Racine County is 83 percent white with a median household income of $61,336. Which means a lot of white males need not apply.
When The Fix asked for comment, S.C. Johnson, which makes products such as Windex, Pledge, and Ziploc, maintained that the program “does not exclude based on gender or race.” The college acknowledged that there is a “component” to attracting women of color into STEM studies, but the program “does not exclude others.”
Yet, as The Fix pointed out, “While it is true that white men are eligible for the scholarship should their families make less than $50,000, any white man with a family income above that arbitrary threshold is the only sex and race pairing that no longer qualifies for the program.”
“So at a certain socio-economic level,” The Fix added, “the program does exclude people based on race.”
All too reminiscent of President Joe Biden’s “equity” initiatives that prioritized everyone but white men in farming communities and the restaurant industry for COVID relief funding – programs, by the way, that federal courts have struck down as discriminatory.
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Real simple if you’re a white male claim you identify as an Asian woman and you should be good to go.