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Originally Posted by Professor
Would this have happened at a non-HBCU? What’s your take?
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No.
(doorags aren't a new phenom. but now more than ever bruthas are trying to incorporate doorags with regular attire and thinking it's cute)
HBCUs have "always" had either formal or informal dress codes and codes of conduct that non-HBCUs have not had. I can think of Hampton as a prime example where students in the early '90s weren't allowed to wear jeans with holes in them, even it that was once the fad.
This dresscode and code of conduct was especially salient in the early to mid-1900s because HBCUs were the center of black higher learning and young adult socialization. Therefore, the institutions made it a point to prepare students for the "real world" both intellectually and culturally--even when many of these students did not have families who were well-versed in intellectual and cultural matters. Now, some HBCUs are still fighting the good fight but I find that some HBCUs look like they've been overtaken by a less desirable element, even those insitutions that explicitly state their founding as religious institutions.