First, I’m really replying to the poster but can’t figure out how. So apology.
What I’m wondering is why this situation isn’t analogous to the Bob Jones University situation of perhaps 15 years ago. As I remember, they had some sort of discriminatory dating policy, and the IRS sort of said, “Well you can do whatever you want, but you can’t be tax exempt if you discriminate on the basis of race.”
I’m honestly asking — why couldn’t someone prevented from even applying for a Gates Foundation scholarship sue to have that tax exempt status removed? I’m guessing that someone had to originally complain to the IRS re Bob Jones University. Heck, what would really be funny would be if the Foundation had to (or chose to) take some sort of remedial action for all those against whom it discriminated on the basis of race.
What’s really sad is how this is oh, so different from what Martin Luther King talked about. I’m old enough to remember his “poor people’s march on Washington.” In the context of that march, I remember his talking about how there were a lot more poor white people than black people. I believe he made sure that there were white people in that march. I certainly don’t agree with MLK’s leftist positions, but he’d never have got the publicity on his leftist positions had he not first attained recognition for his work against terrible racial discrimination in this country.
Sounds good to me.
Maybe some crazy right-wing fat cat could establish a foundation and offer a whites-only scholarship. Then, when the IRS denies his foundation's tax-exempt status, a precedent would be established, whereby Gates's foundation would also have to lose its tax exemption. Better hurry, though, before Zero gets to replace any conservative justices.