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Originally posted by ChaosDST
Good point, but I think you realize that wasn't the meaning behind my comment. While we all are individuals, there are certain inherent traits and characteristics that people of similar ethnic backgrounds share (another topic). So, we should be equipt to deal with people of various backgrounds and cultures. This goes for white students that attend predominently white schools all of their lives, as well. It is usually the case that people only begin to "understand" other cultures when they are "forced" to interact with other cultures and so forth. If you remain in your niche, you usually have no need or desire to learn anything other than that what you are accustomed to and have been exposed to. That's my point.
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I definitely agree with you as far as people needing to interact with other races. However, just because you attend a non-HBCU doesn't mean you will necessarily have the opportunity to work with a nice amount of Chinese, Indian, French, Kenyan, and all the many other types of people. Going to a non-HBCU might mean only being around a handful of Black people with an overwhelming amount of white people. So one still may not encounter people outside of Blacks & whites at non-HBCU.
My point about HBCUs, all Black churches and all Black neighborhoods is that they are all just a few hours out of each day. Just a fraction of your life. You still will encounter "others" in the rest of your daily activities (except white people, who can choose to only see other whites at their jobs, neighborhoods, etc.
). I know that I still interacted with a lot of different "races" once I would leave campus for the day.
And as I stated, there are a lot of different nationalities at HBCUs, it's just reverse of predominantly white schools. Instead of mostly whites with a few of everything else, at HBCUs, it's mostly Blacks with a few of everything else.