In the melting pot of America, the minority races stand out while the majority fill the background. A new organization, The Former Majority Association for Equality (FMAE), has decided to take some action on the matter and has begun offering a scholarship to Caucasian males, exclusively.

"I think all racial scholarships are unfair because it limits a scholarship to a select group based on association rather than hard work and intelligence," Jordan Schafer, a senior at BWHS said.

FMAE is a Texas- based nonprofit organization that is offering this particular scholarship. Their goal is to "financially assist young Americans seeking higher education who lack opportunities in similar organizations that are based upon race or gender," according to the organization’s webpage.

The scholarship program consists of five, $500 scholarships for students that meet or surpass their qualifications, which include a satisfactory GPA and high SAT and ACT scores.

The organization believes that the demographic of Caucasian males has been neglected due to the attention minority groups receive. It is likely scholarships have been awarded to Caucasians exclusively by other organizations in the past, but FMAE is the first to come out and say that one of the key qualifications for the scholarship is to be a white male.

FMAE, according to its Website, was started by Colby Bohannon, currently a student at Texas State University and a veteran of the Iraq War. After his decision to return to school, he had difficulty finding a scholarship for which he qualified. Having gone through such an experience, Bohannon decided to create this scholarship “to fill in the gap,” as stated in the organization’s mission statement.

Some BWHS students think the scholarship is like any other that is offered to students from different ethnic groups and backgrounds and that it poses no harm. They view it as an addition to the seemingly endless list of scholarships that are offered to students in this nation.

"I don’t think the requirement really affects the purpose of the scholarship because there are a few for every race," Jourdan Elam, a senior said.

"In any case, I think all scholarships should be merit based," Brittany Major, a senior said.

Some find that the scholarship diminishes the purpose of a minority group scholarship. The Caucasian male population has always been the majority in America and therefore they have not needed assistance in gaining their footing in the collegiate sphere.

"I don’t think any kinds of racially based scholarships are reasonable, [scholarships] should only be income based," Jordan Cmeyla, a senior said.