Two patronising patrons
WHEN rap star Stormzy announced he was funding four Cambridge University grants exclusively for black students, st he was accused of racism. So I understand why two private schools, sc Dulwich College and Winchester c College, have turned down a similar offer for white children.
Professor Sir Bryan Thwaites, 96, wanted to give £1 million to fund scholarshipsc for poor white boys. His H offer was not only based on race, but also on sex, which made it doubly discriminatory.
Stormzy and Sir Bryan say they are trying to help the disadvantaged. That’s just vanity: Stormzy is sponsoring deprived black kids because he was one; Sir Bryan was a white working-class scholarship boy.
If they were true philanthropists they would give the money with no strings attached. Anything else, I’m afraid, is just a giant ego trip.