Real Issues in Black Colleges and Communities

This topic is to address issues and concerns in black colleges and communities. It's all good to joke around and have fun, but we really need to address some issues and concerns. There is a srious problem inour black institution closing or not haveing acurate funding. Also, the mindset of the students aren't the same. It seems like we are going backward instead of forward. Please, lets talking about some problems and some solutions to those problems. It all starts with us, the young and the black. We have the power to change things if we all get on one page, or at least the same chapter......... FOR GOD, FOR CENTRAL, FOR STATE... CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY MARAUDERS

Agree with a lot of what you are saying, but then again what you are saying goes against many of the beliefs that I have experienced associating with african americans. I do agree that we need to do something about admissions and stop letting any and everyone in our HBCU's because it would definitely make our schools better. But if HBCU's turn down thousands of blacks who are under qualified and lack the motivation and desire to succeed then what would that say about the black community. How could black people argue against that? It couldn't be racism or discrimination. We would be forced to addressed that the true problem is not what others (the "man", Bush, Republicans, etc.) are doing to us, but what we are doing to ourselves. Ever since I came to this school, I have been very disappointed with the majority of black people that I meet. Many of them can't past Pre-Cal (which has been really dumbed down compared to what I had in high school) or write a basic English paper. It is not that the majority of them can't do it. They just lack the motivation and are lazy. They are more concerned about why they can't wear a doorag or have to wear a suit instead of doing their work. Another issue is that many blacks lack the mindset to succeed. They are too concern with who is supposedly trying to keep them down, instead of finding ways to build themselves up. Black people complain about not having enough opportunities, yet they don't take advantage of the opportunities that they have. They get discouraged by failure or misfortune and then going into their little arguement about how the world doesn't want the black man to succeed. We need to have the mentality that if one door shuts then we will find another open door or even create our own doors. There is so much more, but it would take up a 400 page book about the issues at our black schools and in our communities.