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Originally posted by squirrely girl
this was a topic that came up in my diversity issues in counseling class this summer but seeing as it was an all white class, i just wanted some other opinions.
thanks to all who have shared!
- marissa
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Can you give us a little more background on your class other than the ethnicity of the class?
Such as, was the discussion revolved around the "superior" level of education that one would get if they attended a PWI vs. HBCU, etc.? Or since there was an end to affirmative action programs in many states, the are more folks trying to prove that HBCU's have "reverse racism" or what?
I guess I would need to more to give my answer to this question. How come would this question even be asked in the setting you described?
Do any of us who have attended and graduated from a HBCU have a problem with non-Af Am's attending them and "taking" away slots from those that these education is "intended" for? If this is your question, then here is my answer:
No. I do not HAVE a problem with someone who is not Af. Am. attending Spelman College. I know plenty of folks who were not Af. Am. or they were biracial, multi-racial, multi-ethnic that attended and graduated from Spelman College. There is some history to that I cannot go into and if you do a search on GC, there is discussion about that in the NPHC rooms.
Are these non-Af. Am.s or caucasians taking slots away from those the education intended for?
Given the article that Rudey posted, mostly likely NOT. Any person that does not need financial aid to attend the school is one less person that is taking a slot away from someone else. Not to say the academic selection process is lessened, just to say that the resources are not as depleted as large university systems are.
However, the academic teaching systems--such as having the newest and latest computer techonology systems in the libraries--at these schools may not be the best that money can buy like huge universities have... And yeah, I said it. Like Spelman has a wireless node on it's campus that isn't bootlegged--right... Like they would even allow computers in some of those dorms outside of LLC's... Like "Club Woodruff" (the library) has internet access that is ISDN and is on more that 5 computers--TOTAL--that doesn't require your blood and first born be given away to use...
Besides, many of the areas that HBCU's are located in are is impoverished areas of town. And due to the 1980's drug and gang violence, they areas fell in disrepair. Some have never come out from under it.
So how, does one MAKE a way for these schools? I dunno. But when I attended my 15 year reunion this year, I had classmates bitchin' about a capital campaign and why is Spelman begging for $$$...