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Originally Posted by DrPhil
It is important to remember generalizations are not intended to (and do not) apply 100%.
There are some women from predominantly African American communities** who have access to these resources just as there are first generation white college students who do not have access or have minimal access.
**especially if a family member was a trustee. There are predominantly African American communities that are not struggling and dilapidated. Therefore resources are more accessible because forms of capital potentially buffer some of the effects of racial exclusion and discrimination. Those resources can be used to access predominantly Black institutions and organizations and/or predominantly white institutions and organizations. It is also possible that someone from a struggling community has a mentor/school counselor/teacher who has assisted with college and GLO interests. The reduced likelihood of these things should not be confused with the impossibility of these things.
/carry on....
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I'm not trying to make any distinction about class, resources, etc. between AA and non-AA communities, because obviously these vary from area to area. However, if many of the adult women in your community were not welcome in NPC groups because of their skin color, it's going to be harder to get recs, that's all.
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