The Great White Grift: How SC Turned School Vouchers Into a White Welfare Scam

S.C.'s Education Scholarship Trust Fund is plagued by discrimination, theft and illegal activities...because it was designed that way.

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Have you considered a career in stealing?

Right now, the state of South Carolina is offering scholarships to 15,000 aspiring scammers who are committed to thieving money from Black taxpayers. If you have school-age children and belong to a poor, unfortunate, needy family that earns less than a measly $160,750 per year, you can probably qualify for a grifting voucher from the Education Scholarship Trust Fund (ESTF).

Of course, there are some small details.

Recipients can’t use the money for homeschooling or religious institutions. If your child attends public school, they will have to switch districts or attend a private school. The money can only be used to purchase school supplies or pre-authorized textbooks.

Also, it might be illegal.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has already ruled that a previous version of the ESTF program was unconstitutional. The revised version is expected to face another legal challenge. State legislators and the person who wrote the law have accused the superintendent of education of illegally funneling the money to white parents with zero oversight.

But if you’re white, you’ll be fine.

When the program started in 2024, most of the vouchers went to non-white students. Considering the demographics of South Carolina public schools, the distribution made sense. But with a few minor tweaks, the state managed to remake the taxpayer-funded plan into a welfare program for white people who don’t care about rules.