HBCU's going broke and disappearing

natalie_g wrote:

I think that HBCUs are great institutions cause where i came from we didn't learn anything about our history all we learned was the white man's history and a little about slavery. when i went to hampton for pre-college this past summer was the first time i really got to learn about my history other than from my mother. Now i'm at A&T and they keep talking about merging A&T with UNC-G which is a PWI and i will be damned if i let that happen. HBCUs were created because the white man did not want us there and despite what anybody believes they still don't want us there. why go somewhere where you are still subjected to prejudice? where the students say the only way you got in was because you were black or because you're an athlete? yes HBCUs are messed up in little ways, but despite their faults, I feel like they're still needed. what if somebody wasn't comfortable with being around white people? I was never around a whole lot of black people so when it came time for me to decide where I wanted to go to school I decided a HBCU so I could interact with my people, so that I could get a quality education from black people, so I could learn about my history, so that I could gather with my people and strive for a better world for future generations, so that I could prove people wrong about us being apathetic. I take offense to everything!! I think that we as people have taken many steps back from the struggle that our grandparents and parents have gone through, and we need to get together and restart the revoulution!!! IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD!!!

Serpent King wrote:

I agree. I believe that HBCu's are lacking the alumi support which PWI's rake in. I just can't understand why? I mean, I understand that HBCu's are smaller than most PWI's, so there aren't going to be as many alumni that can contribute back. It's just sad though. If I become successful, I'd like to think that giving back to the institution which helped me achieve my dream is the least I can do.