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Internship Program Seeks to Counter 'Blame America Crowd' By Marc Morano CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer March 07, 2003 (CNSNews.com) - A newly formed group aims to counter what it claims is an educational system dominated by the "blame America crowd," by offering internships to minority male students and a different perspective on the nation's economic and constitutional principles. "We are looking for the very brightest minority male students in America, the kind of students who professors or deans will say are destined for greatness," said William Keyes, president of the Institute for Responsible Citizenship. Keyes served as a former advisor to President Ronald Reagan. The selected African American and Hispanic students will travel to Washington D.C., and be given "a thorough understanding of what the American ideal is," Keyes told CNSNews.com. The institute was formed to counteract what it sees as the indoctrination of students into anti-Americanism at many university campuses. "The American ideal is under constant attack and precious few citizens are willing to stand up and defend it," Keyes said. "The blame America crowd has taken over academia. I think that it's rare that you have a professor that stands before a college class and extols the virtues of our constitutional system," Keyes explained. The institute's goal is to help turn the young men into "defenders of liberty." "We are trying to fill this critical void ... it is our goal to identify young men who have the potential to become superstars in their chosen fields and prepare them to stand up and be counted," Keyes said. Among the institute's academic advisors are, former National Football League star and actor Rosie Grier and George Mason University economist Walter Williams. Twelve students will be selected for summer internships stretching over two years. They will work as full-time interns for organizations including Congress, news outlets and businesses. An official with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was supportive of the intern program planned by the Institute for Responsible Citizenship, but disagreed with Keyes' premise that today's students are lacking instruction about defending liberty in America. "The young African Americans that I have talked to realize the greatness of America that actually allows them to be able to challenge authority and the status quo," said Hilary Shelton, director of the NAACP's Washington, D.C. bureau. "Those same young Americans also are the first to sign up for the military. They would fight for the nation when it's a just war. They would give their lives," Shelton added. Shelton hopes the institute's internships allow the students to "hear from conservatives, as well as liberals and all those in between." "Hopefully they will expose these young people to all the other values that are legitimate parts of the American landscape ... we should not be a nation that is run on ignorance," he added. Keyes said that the Institute for Responsible Citizenship would not use ideological litmus tests in selecting students, but would instead seek "open minded kids." "We are not looking for commitment to conservatism," he added. "Our goal is to give students a clear understating of what sets America apart from other nations ... because students today don't have a good understating of our economic and constitutional system," Keyes said. 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