I FEEL YOU IT IS TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS LIKE THESE.
BUT THE HBCU EXPERIENCE IS PRICELESS! I THINK
THAT EVEN THOUGH A LARGE AMOUNT OF HBCU'S HAVE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS SOME ACTUALLY HAVE IMPROVED
OR ALWAYS HAVE DONE WELL. I POINT TO SCHOOLS SUCH
AS HAMPTON AND SPELMAN. HAMPTON REGISTRATION IS
ALL ONLINE AND THEY ARE LISTED UNDER THE TOP MOST
WIRED SCHOOLS IN THE US.
AS FAR AS THE PROGRAMS I BELIEVE THEY ARE SOME
OF THE BEST PROGRAMS IN THE US. THEY COULD GO HEAD
TO HEAD WITH ANY PWI IN THE COUNTRY. IF THIS WASN'T
TRUE THEN SOME OF THE WORLD'S LEADER'S WOULD
NOT HAVE ATTENDED THEM. LOOK AT HOWARD, HAMPTON,
MOREHOUSE, SPELMAN AND CAU'S PRESTIGIOUS ALUMNI.
LOOK AT THE PROGRESSIVE BLACK FAMILIES WHO SEND
THEIR CHILDREN THERE. I MEAN THINK ABOUT IT , WHY WOULD
WOULD SOME OF THE MOST WELL TO DO BLACK FOLKS
INVEST IN A SCHOOLS THAT WOULD NOT HELP GROOM
THEIR MOST VALUBLE COMMODITY, THEIR CHILDREN?
ALSO IF WE GIVE UP ON OUR BLACK SCHOOLS WE TAKE
AWAY APART OF OUR RICH HERITAGE. HBCU'S ARE
ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT WE AS AFRICAN
AMERICANS STILL HAVE OWNERSHIP OVER. WHAT
WILL WE HAVE LEFT?
I HAVE SAID ALOT, BUT I WANT TO CRY. BECAUSE EVERYDAY
I DREAM OF A BLACK AMERICA WHERE WE SUPPORT OURSELVES
WHERE WE DON'T SELL OUT, WHERE GOOD BLACK MEN
AND GOOD BLACK WOMEN CAN FIND EACH OTHER. WHERE
WE CAN SAY I LIVE IN THE BLACK SIDE OF TOWN, AND
CAN SHOP AT PREMIRE STORES IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS
WITHOUT TRAVELING ACROSS TOWN OR MOVING OUR FAMILIES
TO ALL WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ONLY WANT TO MAKE
THEM FORGET ABOUT WHO THEY ARE BY TAKING AWAY
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH
IS ABOUT REMEMBERING HARRIET TUBMAN AND SLAVERY.
HAVEN'T WE DONE MORE. I MEAN BLACK ENTERTAINMENT
TELEVISION IS JUST VIDEOS OF MATERIALISTIC BLACK
FOLKS AND COMIC VIEW THAT SEEMS LIKE A BUNCH
OF BLACK FOLKS WHO SEEM LIKE THERE JOLLY BECAUSE
THEY JUST STEPPED OFF THE PLANTATION. THAT'S
ALL BLACK ENTERTAINMENT IS.
OKAY I'M GOING TO BE QUIET. I HAD TO VENT. BLACK
INSTITUTUION IS WHERE WE CAN START THIS. IT IS
WHERE WE HAVE STARTED IT.
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