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Originally posted by OneOneTwo
Me too, and like AKATUDE said, there are some of us who get scholarships to "White" universities and chose to go to HBCU's.
In my case, I wanted to be around intelligent students and professors who looked like me; who can relate to what I'm saying when it comes to issues like racism and other issues like that.
At the HBCU that I attend, you see the diversity that is within our culture and you are exposed to alot of different things that are part of our culture. Some students get up here and they don't realize or didn't know that not all African Americans believe or do the same things that you did when you were at home. And things are more in the open, but I think that in learning to appreciate all things in ourselves, we learn to deal with people who are different than us.
I want to say that at least 1 out of 15 (I think it is either twelve or fifteen but enough) students at my HBCU is of Non-African American decent so it is interesting to watch them adapt to our culture and for some of them, their "new" surroundings.
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...and that is why we should attend HBCUs (the reasons you addressed)...not because they're perceived as less challenging and more fun (as some believe). At predominently white institutions, you also have the ability to be around intelligent students that look like yourself (although there are far less) and it is also interesting to watch one another "adapt" to our "new" surroundings. A good education is the goal, and wherever you choose to pursue that education is up to you. As long as we remember our roots, struggles, and fight for our people we will be able to adapt to our settings without forgetting or denying our innermost selves.