Black Colleges: Am I right or wrong?
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Started by Imaginelyfe06
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Feb 2006
So Im a Senior in highschool and I was in class one day just chillen and talking with a student teacher about my college plans...So I was talking about Hampton and Spelman and this boy asks, "Can only black professors teach at black colleges" and I was like "no" and my student teacher says "yes" at the same time...
...Its so weird because its like NO ONE is educated about black colleges. Black colleges doesnt mean that ONLY black students get in and ONLY black professors teach there right? Well thats what I explained to them. That would be segregation.
I just explained to them its just kind of like that because the schools were meant for black students in the beginning since whites wouldn't allow blacks in the schools and as time progressed they started to embrace their culture but it is not necessarily just for black students and no other race...hence the word "Historically Black"...as in History...as in the past.
Am I right or wrong...maybe it is all black teachers but I wouldnt think so.
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No, Black colleges, from my perspective, don't have to have all black teachers and don't even have all black students. I believe that the majority college and hbcu's are inversly related because while one black college may have 5% non-african-american students a majority white college may have 5% or less african-american students. As far as teachers go, there are teachers and administration of all different races at black colleges.
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There was definitely a lack of knowledge of HBCU's at my highschool. Matter of fact, I hadn't even heard fo black schools until Drumline. :???: . I know. None of my teachers of counselors mentioned the option. It wasn't till my dad suggested it that I applied to Hampton. I think people are always gonna have this image in their heads about what an HBCU;s about. Nothing you can do about that.
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Serpent King wrote:There was definitely a lack of knowledge of HBCU's at my highschool. Matter of fact, I hadn't even heard fo black schools until Drumline. :???: . I know. None of my teachers of counselors mentioned the option. It wasn't till my dad suggested it that I applied to Hampton. I think people are always gonna have this image in their heads about what an HBCU;s about. Nothing you can do about that.

