Gates’ Scholarships

* Re “Gates Foundation to Give $1 Billion for Scholarships,” Sept. 17:

So now Bill Gates is playing the race card. According to your article, “Family income is heavily correlated with college participation: Statistically, the poorer you are, the least likely you are to get a college degree.” Yet because of the terms of Gates’ gift, a child in an intact upper-middle-class minority family will have a chance to receive a scholarship while a poor child born with white skin will not. Obviously, for Bill Gates “PC” does not only mean “personal computer.” It also means “politically correct.”

RICHARD SHOWSTACK

Newport Beach