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To: John Donahoe who wrote (30112)	9/25/1999 12:32:00 PM
From: PMS Witch	Respond to of 74651

If someone supports their pet cause with their own money, it's their business, not mine. What disturbs me is politicians who support their pet cause with my money. Have a nice weekend, PW.

To: John Donahoe who wrote (30112)	9/25/1999 2:48:00 PM
From: t2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

OT If he had donated it to deserving kids in general I would agree. But he donated it to deserving kids who are of a certain race excluding other deserving kids of a different a race. Martin Luther King's dream of a "color blind" society was apparently a myth. On the surface what you have said is correct. However, in the USA(and most other countries) there exists certain social and economic imbalances based upon race/color that need to be remedied quickly. Once that problem is on its way to resolution, I could not agree with you more. I believe Bill Gates is a great visionary. He is certainly a person more qualified to solve longer term problems than most(if not all) politicians.

To: John Donahoe who wrote (30112)	9/25/1999 3:00:00 PM
From: RTev	Respond to of 74651

Martin Luther King's dream of a "color blind" society was apparently a myth. A dream is mythic by its very nature, but a dream or a myth can help us move toward a situation in which reality begins to match at least the outlines of the myth. You're correct that King's dream of a color blind society is far from becoming reality. But you completely fail to recognize that the Gates Foundation scholarship fund helps make it a reality by recognizing how far we are from being a color-blind society. For a brief time, our society was willing to take small steps toward equality of opportunity by recognizing how far we are from such equality. Affirmative action programs sought to bring greater racial balance to higher education and government hiring. As a society, however, we have turned our backs on such steps, partly because equality of opportunity means that those who now enjoy the greater advantage lose some of that advantage. Bill and Melinda Gates have decided to use their own money to help right that imbalance that we as a society now prefer to ignore. Their massive donation is still a tiny step. It will cover costs for only 1000 students starting next year. It is, however, an admirable step.