In reply to A. Canton.

I didn’t believe that the WP Foundation was either gender or race centric, but this new award rather says to me I may have been wrong and that it just might be.

The WordPress Foundation is not gender or race based and you continue to misconstrue what this scholarship is about.

In the simplest terms it is to encourage the increased participation of women in the WordPress community.

Why would you have a problem with that goal? Once again: helping or encouraging a group of people does nothing to dissuade other groups nor is it unfair to established groups.

You haven't demonstrated how this is a negative thing or even remotely unfair. You have made it clear that you personally dislike this.

It would be interesting to see what the reaction would be if there was a scholarship for only white men, or only Asian women, or only people from an Hispanic origin, etc.

If it did happen then there would be tangible reasons for that but for now you're stretching.

However I am convinced that the same individuals would react the same way. Those that applaud moves like this one as a step in the right direction would continue to do so. Those that see it as a negative will only pan this effort and efforts like this.

I see this Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship as a good thing. You apparently see this as negative. You can continue to rationalize your point of view but I'll hope that a candidate is selected and follows in Kim's footsteps.