Thread: Denny's Awards Scholarships to 36 Latino Students

Originally Posted by Nouveauxpoor

Originally Posted by MW

sporatica wrote:

Bottom line is, there are many scholarships with specifc eligibilty requirements. If you need help paying for college, your time is better spent researching and applying to scholarships for which you qualify, than it is focusing on scholarships whose requirements you don't meet.

You're right, and your point is well taken. However, you must admit that there are no scholarships exclusively for caucasions. I think that's why most people have a problem with this. Any scholarship that was exclusively for "white" folks would be considered racist and discriminatory

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I have another problem with it. The money that is generated to fund these scholarships comes out of the pockets of all races and Denney's is dependent on their continued patronage. With that in mind it is an act of racism in iteself to limit the award of the scholarships to a single race.

I will post the above article on every local web site and urge the local newspaper to pick it up. Denney's should at least have an obligation to make their race exclusion known to their patrons.

You sound like some left-wing socialist. This is America. People and companies are free to donate gifts of funds to any group or person they want - so long as it does not fund terrorism. We don't dictate how gift funds are dispersed.

C'mon, what's next? Should KFC have scholarships only for blacks because they provide a disprortionate percentage of revenue to KFC? Maybe blind kids with MS should get full-ride football scholarships to USC. That's fair, right?

I'm more concerend with the cost of healthcare to Americans and the fact that TAX DOLLARS are being used to fund health care for illegal aliens. I'm more concerned with jobs and housing and FEDERAL funds that are being funneled into the illegal alien community. This should be about citizenship, not race.

How an American company chooses to desperse gifts amongst AMERICAN CITIZENS, regardless of "heritage" is not a big deal. ALL of those scholarships were awarded to AMERICAN CITIZENS.

I THOUGHT THE GOAL OF THIS GROUP WAS TO FIGHT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN WAY, Not attack company's over what group of AMERICAN CITIZENS they chose to donate gift funds to.

Originally Posted by sporatica

Originally Posted by Sam-I-am

Originally Posted by sporatica

I googled myself and found my name listed on this forum. I deeply resent, and am offended by, the implication that I am somehow undeserving of being one of the Denny's scholarship recipients. I am appaled and disgusted by the accusation that I may be an illegal alien. My ancestors came here from Spain and founded colonies and settlements, in the 17th century, along with many other European settlers. I am a proud and patriotic American citizen. Always have been and always will be

Gee, the hispanic/latino "minority" also receives affirmative action/preferential hiring programs and bilingual education. Can you say undeserved entitlement? I knew you could.

Yeah, I can say it. But, it doesn't apply in this situation. I don't believe in affirmative action, hiring should be conducted based on ability, and English should be the only language in our schools. However, none of those issues are gift related. Corporate scholarships, on the other hand, are privately sponsored, privately funded gifts. You're comparing apples and oranges.

**Apples and oranges might make for good juice, but they make for ineffective debate.

It never applies as long as you're a beneficiary of said entitlement. Denny's funding scholarships for hispanics/latinos only is bigoted at least and racist at worst. I appreciate your attempts to obfuscate that fact.

Academy Snowboards (an American company) offers scholarships to "to students who are involved in snowboarding." They don't even require U.S. citizenship. Denny's does. Maybe I should get all resentful because some Canadian snowboarder got a scholarship from an American company. http://www.academysnowboards.com/0506

Sure, we all, at some time, have spent money at Denny's. So have a lot of non-citizens. if that's your criteria for eligibilty... Then, truly, the only FAIR thing for Denny's to do in this situation is to make the scholarship available only to customers of Denny's. Those who actually contributed to Denny's profit and revenue. Maybe Denny's should have offered it only to children of their employees. Last time I was at Denny's, none of the busboys spoke english. <end sarcasm>

Then again, this being California... I wonder how many non-citizens would have gotten scholarships?

Somebody here has totally failed to recognize the difference between "Heritage" and "Citizenship."

And seriously, with tuition as high as it is... If somebody offered a scholarship to women with shaved heads... I'd shave my head rather than whine about the unfairness of it all.

And seriously, with tuition as high as it is... If somebody offered a scholarship to women with shaved heads... I'd shave my head rather than whine about the unfairness of it all.

I don't think anyone is whining, they're questioning it.

The best thing to do is don't go to Denny's any more.
I'm talking to all my friends and relatives to avoid Denny's.
They are entitle to finance whoever they want but we are also entitle to chose which place to go.

I see no correlation between scholarships being offered based solely on an ethnic classification and those offered to students based on their abilities, handicaps, specific skills, desired college major, etc. For the record, I would also have a problem if Denny's was offering scholarships to only Germans, Inuits, members of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, etc. Hey, we're not talking about the NAACP, La Raza, or Sons of the American Revolution here, we're talking about Denny's. Their profits don't come from any one specific segement of our population.

Originally Posted by MW

I see no correlation between scholarships being offered based solely on an ethnic classification and those offered to students based on their abilities, handicaps, specific skills, desired college major, etc. For the record, I would also have a problem if Denny's was offering scholarships to only Germans, Inuits, members of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, etc. Hey, we're not talking about the NAACP, La Raza, or Sons of the American Revolution here, we're talking about Denny's. Their profits don't come from any one specific segement of our population.

I thought ALIPAC was concerned with illegal immigration and the invasion of America. But, it seems to me that some members can't see the forest for the trees. They're so busy trying to peel the bark off one tree while the forest burns down around them.

Their profits don't come from any one specific segement of our population.

Profits. Profits. Not your profits, not my profits, but Denny's profits. McDonalds has a scholarship fund for their employees. And it doesn't require that they be US citizens. We all know they hire illegals. And I am pretty sure that they have a much higher profit margin than Denny's. Mickey D's profits from a larger segment of American Society than does Denny's. Don't forget to Boycott McDonalds while your at it.

I thought ALIPAC was concerned with illegal immigration and the invasion of America. But, it seems to me that some members can't see the forest for the trees. They're so busy trying to peel the bark off one tree while the forest burns down around them.

Sporatica, you have nine posts here and so far I see clear evidence that you are at the very least not very well-mannered.

ALIPAC is about illegal immigration, but if you care to take note, this topic is under "Other Topics and Issues".

We don't exactly have a rule that says. "Mind your manners", but I am hereby warning you that if you want to continue posting at ALIPAC you need to cool your jets a little bit and back off with your insultive tone.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

Originally Posted by LegalUSCitizen

Sporatica, you have nine posts here and so far I see clear evidence that you are at the very least not very well-mannered.
ALIPAC is about illegal immigration, but if you care to take note, this topic is under "Other Topics and Issues".
We don't exactly have a rule that says. "Mind your manners", but I am hereby warning you that if you want to continue posting at ALIPAC you need to cool your jets a little bit and back off with your insultive tone.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

I understand. I hope you understand that I would never have known of your existence if I hadn't found my full name and the name of the University I attend listed on this message board.

Am I bit sensitive? Perhaps. Am I a bit put off that something I worked very hard toward winning is being dismissed as an ethnic freebie? Yeah, I am. I won one of 36 scholarships that 1000's of people applied for. The award was merit based, albeit for one of the many qualifications required to apply. These were course of study, GPA, an original essay, two letters of recommendation, and (above all) US citizenship. All of this was dismissed by another member as an "undeserved entitlement."

So, I apologize if I came off as being less than well-mannered. If it were your daughter's name and school listed on a politically charged web forum you might just be a little defensive too, wouldn't you?

I mean no harm, and believed that I had the right to stand up for something that I not only worked very hard for, but managed to accomplish. I don't speak Spanish, I've never been out of this country, and I don't have any foreign relatives. So, yeah... I was personally insulted by some of what was posted with regard to this paricular scholarship. Who wouldn't be?

Please accept my apology if any of your members were insulted my my expressing my feelings and thoughts on this subject. And, thanks for the warning.

Not a problem, and congratulations on your scholarship.

I hope you'll continue to join with us in this effort to have our laws enforced. Thank you for your reply, and I'm sorry if I was a little harsh.