“One concern regarding legality is whether the university itself is involved with the scholarship process. If they help in the selection of candidates or are sending names of possible recipients on to a third party, those are problems of illegality by the university,” Clegg says.
“Even if it’s not illegal, it’s wrong for a private organization to be engaging in racial discrimination … I don’t think anybody can deny that a scholarship that is available only to members of a particular race is racially discriminatory,” he adds.
Taylor dismisses the idea that UCLA is violating the law and affirms that “even amongst the broader public, however they feel about affirmative action, there is a sense that private money can be spent to support communities.”
“We’re independent from the university. We get no support from the university — no financial support, no staff support,” Taylor says. “How can (affirmative action opponents) stop private citizens from putting their own money into a pot trying to help kids?”
--Ronald Roach
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