Ideal and I went to the same schools aaaaaalllllll our life. Hey girl, we have to go to the same grad school too!!
Anyway as she previously stated, we went to an ALL BLACK school system with maybe 10 whites in the whole district.
I value that experience so much. A GREAT DEAL!! I loved it!! We had SPIRIT even when we lost.
I chose Wittenberg for several reasons. Again Ideal touched on one. The world is largely white. Well let me clarify, the professional working world is. I wanted to know what it was like to be UP CLOSE and PERSONAL. I chose Wittenberg because it was the BEST of the BEST for what I looked at. I liked the small numbers and the close interaction with professors.
I only looked at Alabama A&M as far as applying and that is only because this fiiiiine boy from my high school was going there and he dropped out after a couple of babies. I remember saying I was going to go HOWARD or Spelman but I did not.
I told yall a whole just to say this. As a future parent one daaaay, I am going to insure that my child knows WHO he/she is as a BLACK PERSON. I want my child to be mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally fit. I am going to surround my child with BLACK folks but also teach them to interact with whites.
Ultimately I agree with others who stated that EDUCATION is about empowerment. No matter where you go, it is up to you to take advantage of the opportunities available at the institution of higher learning.
What needs to happen is that HBCUs need more alumni support financially. I think back on my college years and the threatened closing of Central STate. Also there needs to be improvement in the percentage of students who graduate in 4 years. The numbers are frighteningly low.
I agree with you Dexter, HBCUs have some WONDERFUL HOMECOMINGS and BANDS and stuff.
IF YOU ARE BLACK and have a COLLEGE DEGREE, APPLAUD YOURSELF!! There are too many others who are not in the position we are. Take that degree and enact POSITIVE CHANGE!!