Things are complicated.
I am a Straight White Man. There is not a single scholarship that I applied to that even looked at me back then (at least 15 years+ ago). - I applied to at least a few hundred BTW -
I have friends that are Men and Women that are from various places and the non-White's always had at least a small scholarship that would cover books, living expenses, etc.
I am not from either coast. This is what America has become. I want MERIT to be the determination for what people get. Not race, Not skin, not country of origin. First of all. Americans before everyone else.
I don't care who you are. I don't want MY LABOR going to give you benefits if you are not AMERICAN. I AM FUCKING DONE.
Sorry, this rant is not directed at you. I have been reading the news as I always do I am not having the best day.
I only got my scholarship because my mom was involved in the gay rights scene in the late 90s. Somehow she met nuns and they suggested it and I applied and was pushed through.
I got a full academic scholarship knowing it was not on my full merit but a lot of the girls I went to school with were interesting across the board. Stupid rich, stupid ghetto, foreign, all of us extreme in some way including sports.
I want Americans to be literally first. If we have extra shit, then fine. But honestly, even though I really liked some of those girls, I'd rather deserving Americans have those slots in my dorm/classes.
My job now is under a metric shitton of Indians. My mom calls my boss' boss the bosshole. I quote like my boss even though he is Indian. I still think he was given way too much. There is an american who can do his job, no doubt. I'm just grandfathered in. I know that won't last. My mom says she has a spare room. I'm freaking 46. I shouldn't have to worry about that.
I am happy you got a scholarship and it seems like you have picked a different path so good on you. I appreciate and support you for that.
When I say American first I really mean it. Not all Americans are random "Straight White men". We have a culture that is dyeing and we need to fix it or the entire damn world is going to turn back into the "kingdoms" or worse where you have no rights, no property (WEO already has been saying this for years).
If your boss is not a POS then that is great, That is pretty much the thing any of us care about. However, my last boss kind of sucked and was indian, he tried to hire only indians to the team, they all sucked so much every single one of them was fired. This happened several times.
To the last bit there, No, you should not. Rather you should never have been in this position in the first place. The lies they told us took too much hold and those of us that see it are mad as hell.
I will never own a house unless my mom dies (and I adore her) and it will be a double wide in Georgia. I don't think I will be able to retire. I fucked up when I was young and exs took what little 401k I had (it happens to women, too).
I have worked since I was 14. I loved college only in the sense of what I forced myself to learn, not what they wanted. I knew school for what it was starting in elementary school. My mom got called a lot for an A and B student lol.
Americans first. Anchor babies should not exist. My bf is Hispanic, does not speak Spanish, his family has never been illegal, they are from Texas. I know he agrees. He also works for the same company under a different team, with less indians though they are threatening his team now too. I'm in BI so it is just expected. Bosshole likes me because I'm weird and don't suck up so he can embarrass me with weird awkward questions and feed his narcissism. But he will replace me with some dot as soon as he has the option. My direct boss likes me and seems to want to be American and Americanize his kids. I help with book recommendations (I was a librarian before they went nuts) but seriously. Americans need to take precedence.
In IT the greed is over taking everything.