Talk:United Negro College Fund

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Hey,

I found the page vandalized, so I restored it to the most recent version that looked right. Haven't done this before, so sorry if I did something wrong in how I restored it... just figured it was better to have it fixed now by a schmuck who might make errors than leave up such a lame vandalising.

- Jordan

Yeah, deleting ALL ARCHIVES on this talk page is sure a lot better than having someone knowledgeable fix the supposed vandalising! What? The? ....?! Does anyone konw how to retrieve the old talk pages? Have they been lost... forever?85.138.1.15 15:29, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] contradiction

In the first paragraph of the article, the UNCF is described as supporting students at 39 HBCUs. In the next paragraph, it claims that UNCF supported students at 900 college and universities. This is directly contradictory. Can someone please fix this? 71.77.12.236 03:31, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

This might not be a contradiction at all. In the former paragraph, the UNCF is described as supporting students at 39 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HCBUs); the second does not make that distinction. According to their Website, the UNCF supports students of all ethnicities at HCBUs, and mostly African-American students (with some exceptions) at non-HBCU schools.Carlaclaws 05:59, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Controversy section

The controversy section is completely unsourced and made up mostly of weasel terms. If sources can't be found for it, it should be deleted. I'm going to Google the issue and see what I can find. If anybody can find sources, please feel free to add citations. janejellyroll 04:47, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Okay, one Google search later and all I could find was an almost four-year-old story about a guy in Texas who started a "United White Person College Fund" . . . and raised about $1,000 dollars. Everything else related to "United Negro College Fund" and "controversy" is mostly from sources like stormfront.org. If somebody wants to wade in there and find sources, they should go for it. But I don't know if websites like that represent enough of an objection to be given space in this article. I mean, they're angry just to have non-white people in the country. How do people feel about just removing the "Controversy" section until a substantial source can be found? janejellyroll 04:56, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I've removed the entire controversy section. In previous incarnations it simply read like original research or personal feelings about the UNCF. Feel free to re-add if it can be sourced in any way. janejellyroll 07:25, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] George Bush

The statement made in the motto section is not a significant fact, at the very least it misplaced as it does not have anything to do with the motto. William conway bcc 02:32, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree 100%. It should be removed unless we want to start a section on all somewhat notable supporters of the organization. janejellyroll 03:57, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

We should note how it's discriminatory, if we started up the United White College Fund it would be 'racist', that's fine, but this one is!

82.9.31.149 10:46, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

If you can cite reliable, third-party sources then you can go ahead and add that point to the article. Please avoid WP:OR or violating WP:NPOV. janejellyroll 00:48, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scholarship amount???

How much does each person get??? Or does it vairy???Smileyface 12 91 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 08:59, 21 November 2007 (UTC)