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jplinville · #1 06-10-2014, 06:37 PM

There are some people that will complain about you no matter what you do...

RAGE At Koch Brothers $25M United Negro College Fund Gift | The Daily Caller

Quote:

Now that the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has accepted a $25 million donation from Charles and David Koch, at least one Ivy League professor is worried sick and a bunch of leftists have taken to Twitter to express their rage.

The donation, by Koch Industries Inc. and the Charles Koch Foundation, was announced on Friday. It will be split between $18.5 million for a new Koch Scholars Program supporting nearly 3,000 individual scholarships and $6.5 million for general support to the UNCF and historically black colleges.

Marybeth Gasman, a higher education professor at the University of Pennsylvania claimed that the UNCF – a charitable organization dedicated to helping black people get college degrees – is “wrong” to accept this particular $25 million to help black people get college degrees, according to Inside Higher Ed.

Gasman bellowed that Koch organizations have been “deeply affiliated with the Tea Party.” She alleges that Tea Party leaders want to weaken the political interests of black Americans.

“There is too much at stake to take money from them,” Gasman told Inside Higher Ed. “I feel like the UNCF is getting into the position of being a puppet.”

She is also agonized that the $25 million donation will put the Koch brothers in a positive light.

It didn’t take long for leftists to tweet their fury as well.

Read more: RAGE At Koch Brothers $25M United Negro College Fund Gift | The Daily Caller

Botnst · #2 06-10-2014, 06:58 PM

Hahahaha!!

sloride · #3 06-10-2014, 07:04 PM

I have not heard it yet, but will not be surprised when someone says that they just want to get others educated so they can earn a living and pay taxes. That way they can fight for lower taxes on the super rich.

P.C. · #4 06-10-2014, 07:12 PM

$25 million buys no small amount of reputation whitewash. Hope it works for them.

Skid Row Joe · #5 06-10-2014, 07:26 PM

True dat, jp.....

In many cases, the same morons that complain about what others give away, give nothing themselves. That's self-evident.

Botnst · #6 06-10-2014, 07:42 PM

It's far and away easier to give away something owned by somebody else.

elchivito · #7 06-10-2014, 07:43 PM

Looks to me like taking the Koch's money to get through school and then work through the system to change it in such a way that their moolah has less influence is an honorable pursuit if there ever was one.