DC Black Upper Class & Georgetown University

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Anonymous wrote:Black students that go to these elite colleges come back messed up, they race racism from the faculty

meant face racism, i remember a black girl who was a dance major was told by a Harvard professor that she would have gotten a better grade if she focused on her science paper as much as she did dance

Sorry, but how is that racist? Anti-fine arts maybe?

that's not how a professor is supposed to talk to a student, that's how your parent talks to you

DP. I’m Black and I don’t think what the professor said was racist. Speaking of her parents, they should have told her not to waste their money (or her time) by majoring in dance. It sounds like the entire family lacks common sense.

what what i understand, she started her own dance company in high school

don't you mean one went to UMich..... i don't blame you this thread makes me hate the word Duke

Yes, our community certainly needs another dance company. 🙄

The major with the highest percentage of black students at top schools is African American studies

What does that have to do with being a dance major? AA studies and dance are NOT the same.

What are you REALLY trying to say?

My point is African Americans usually major in things that are irrelevant to high paying jobs

1. Cite your source (with facts, not your opinions); and
2. That doesn’t apply to AA who are a part of the Black elite. That’s why they’re the Black elite.

Being a Harvard student/graduate doesn’t automatically mean you’re a member of the Black elite. It just makes you a student/graduate of an elite college. Unless your parents are double or triple digit millionaires or billionaires (bankrolling your artistic lifestyle), majoring in dance at an Ivy is a wasted opportunity.

Malia Obama graduated from Sidwell and went on to graduate from Harvard with a film degree

1. Film major/film maker/film director/film producer are VERY different from dance major (eg, Spielberg, Lucas, Lee, even Perry);

2. See my point, above, about having parents who are at least double-digit millionaires (the Obamas are); and

3. Was the Harvard dance major also the daughter of a former U.S. President?

One daughter went to Harvard, and one went to Duke, according to this thread, shouldn't one of them have went to Duke

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Anonymous wrote:Black students that go to these elite colleges come back messed up, they race racism from the faculty

meant face racism, i remember a black girl who was a dance major was told by a Harvard professor that she would have gotten a better grade if she focused on her science paper as much as she did dance

Sorry, but how is that racist? Anti-fine arts maybe?

that's not how a professor is supposed to talk to a student, that's how your parent talks to you

DP. I’m Black and I don’t think what the professor said was racist. Speaking of her parents, they should have told her not to waste their money (or her time) by majoring in dance. It sounds like the entire family lacks common sense.

what what i understand, she started her own dance company in high school

Yes, our community certainly needs another dance company. 🙄

The major with the highest percentage of black students at top schools is African American studies

What does that have to do with being a dance major? AA studies and dance are NOT the same.

What are you REALLY trying to say?

My point is African Americans usually major in things that are irrelevant to high paying jobs

1. Cite your source (with facts, not your opinions); and
2. That doesn’t apply to AA who are a part of the Black elite. That’s why they’re the Black elite.

Being a Harvard student/graduate doesn’t automatically mean you’re a member of the Black elite. It just makes you a student/graduate of an elite college. Unless your parents are double or triple digit millionaires or billionaires (bankrolling your artistic lifestyle), majoring in dance at an Ivy is a wasted opportunity.

Malia Obama graduated from Sidwell and went on to graduate from Harvard with a film degree

1. Film major/film maker/film director/film producer are VERY different from dance major (eg, Spielberg, Lucas, Lee, even Perry);

2. See my point, above, about having parents who are at least double-digit millionaires (the Obamas are); and

3. Was the Harvard dance major also the daughter of a former U.S. President?

One daughter went to Harvard, and one went to Duke, according to this thread, shouldn't one of them have went to Duke

What are you talking about?

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Anonymous wrote:Black students that go to these elite colleges come back messed up, they race racism from the faculty

meant face racism, i remember a black girl who was a dance major was told by a Harvard professor that she would have gotten a better grade if she focused on her science paper as much as she did dance

Sorry, but how is that racist? Anti-fine arts maybe?

that's not how a professor is supposed to talk to a student, that's how your parent talks to you

DP. I’m Black and I don’t think what the professor said was racist. Speaking of her parents, they should have told her not to waste their money (or her time) by majoring in dance. It sounds like the entire family lacks common sense.

what what i understand, she started her own dance company in high school

Yes, our community certainly needs another dance company. 🙄

The major with the highest percentage of black students at top schools is African American studies

What does that have to do with being a dance major? AA studies and dance are NOT the same.

What are you REALLY trying to say?

My point is African Americans usually major in things that are irrelevant to high paying jobs

1. Cite your source (with facts, not your opinions); and
2. That doesn’t apply to AA who are a part of the Black elite. That’s why they’re the Black elite.

Being a Harvard student/graduate doesn’t automatically mean you’re a member of the Black elite. It just makes you a student/graduate of an elite college. Unless your parents are double or triple digit millionaires or billionaires (bankrolling your artistic lifestyle), majoring in dance at an Ivy is a wasted opportunity.

Malia Obama graduated from Sidwell and went on to graduate from Harvard with a film degree

1. Film major/film maker/film director/film producer are VERY different from dance major (eg, Spielberg, Lucas, Lee, even Perry);

2. See my point, above, about having parents who are at least double-digit millionaires (the Obamas are); and

3. Was the Harvard dance major also the daughter of a former U.S. President?

One daughter went to Harvard, and one went to Duke, according to this thread, shouldn't one of them have went to Duke

What are you talking about?

i think he or she meant umich

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Anonymous wrote:Bailey said that the majority of the University’s Black community consists of international and first-generation African students, causing many generational African Americans to feel “unfamiliar” with the Black community at Yale.

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/09/13/we-need-this-space-yalies-establish-generational-african-american-student-association/

isn't this Xenophobia

Yes. It is. And v sad. Random racist idiot on the street doesn’t care is your mother is from Nigeria or Chicago.

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Anonymous wrote:Bailey said that the majority of the University’s Black community consists of international and first-generation African students, causing many generational African Americans to feel “unfamiliar” with the Black community at Yale.

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/09/13/we-need-this-space-yalies-establish-generational-african-american-student-association/

isn't this Xenophobia

Yes. It is. And v sad. Random racist idiot on the street doesn’t care is your mother is from Nigeria or Chicago.

It's not racism to point out that generational African Americans have different ideas and needs than other black students. Are we going to bring this energy to Caribbean Student Unions or East African student organizations? No? Okay then this isn't "xenophobia."

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Anonymous wrote:Bailey said that the majority of the University’s Black community consists of international and first-generation African students, causing many generational African Americans to feel “unfamiliar” with the Black community at Yale.

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/09/13/we-need-this-space-yalies-establish-generational-african-american-student-association/

isn't this Xenophobia

Yes. It is. And v sad. Random racist idiot on the street doesn’t care is your mother is from Nigeria or Chicago.

It's not racism to point out that generational African Americans have different ideas and needs than other black students. Are we going to bring this energy to Caribbean Student Unions or East African student organizations? No? Okay then this isn't "xenophobia."

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Anonymous wrote:Black students that go to these elite colleges come back messed up, they race racism from the faculty

meant face racism, i remember a black girl who was a dance major was told by a Harvard professor that she would have gotten a better grade if she focused on her science paper as much as she did dance

Sorry, but how is that racist? Anti-fine arts maybe?

that's not how a professor is supposed to talk to a student, that's how your parent talks to you

DP. I’m Black and I don’t think what the professor said was racist. Speaking of her parents, they should have told her not to waste their money (or her time) by majoring in dance. It sounds like the entire family lacks common sense.

what what i understand, she started her own dance company in high school

Yes, our community certainly needs another dance company. 🙄

The major with the highest percentage of black students at top schools is African American studies

What does that have to do with being a dance major? AA studies and dance are NOT the same.

What are you REALLY trying to say?

My point is African Americans usually major in things that are irrelevant to high paying jobs

1. Cite your source (with facts, not your opinions); and
2. That doesn’t apply to AA who are a part of the Black elite. That’s why they’re the Black elite.

Being a Harvard student/graduate doesn’t automatically mean you’re a member of the Black elite. It just makes you a student/graduate of an elite college. Unless your parents are double or triple digit millionaires or billionaires (bankrolling your artistic lifestyle), majoring in dance at an Ivy is a wasted opportunity.

Malia Obama graduated from Sidwell and went on to graduate from Harvard with a film degree

1. Film major/film maker/film director/film producer are VERY different from dance major (eg, Spielberg, Lucas, Lee, even Perry);

2. See my point, above, about having parents who are at least double-digit millionaires (the Obamas are); and

3. Was the Harvard dance major also the daughter of a former U.S. President?

NP. Still waiting on all of the stats where AA students major in things irrelevant to high paying jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:Black students that go to these elite colleges come back messed up, they race racism from the faculty

meant face racism, i remember a black girl who was a dance major was told by a Harvard professor that she would have gotten a better grade if she focused on her science paper as much as she did dance

Sorry, but how is that racist? Anti-fine arts maybe?

that's not how a professor is supposed to talk to a student, that's how your parent talks to you

DP. I’m Black and I don’t think what the professor said was racist. Speaking of her parents, they should have told her not to waste their money (or her time) by majoring in dance. It sounds like the entire family lacks common sense.

what what i understand, she started her own dance company in high school

Yes, our community certainly needs another dance company. 🙄

The major with the highest percentage of black students at top schools is African American studies

What does that have to do with being a dance major? AA studies and dance are NOT the same.

What are you REALLY trying to say?

My point is African Americans usually major in things that are irrelevant to high paying jobs

1. Cite your source (with facts, not your opinions); and
2. That doesn’t apply to AA who are a part of the Black elite. That’s why they’re the Black elite.

Being a Harvard student/graduate doesn’t automatically mean you’re a member of the Black elite. It just makes you a student/graduate of an elite college. Unless your parents are double or triple digit millionaires or billionaires (bankrolling your artistic lifestyle), majoring in dance at an Ivy is a wasted opportunity.

Malia Obama graduated from Sidwell and went on to graduate from Harvard with a film degree

1. Film major/film maker/film director/film producer are VERY different from dance major (eg, Spielberg, Lucas, Lee, even Perry);

2. See my point, above, about having parents who are at least double-digit millionaires (the Obamas are); and

3. Was the Harvard dance major also the daughter of a former U.S. President?

NP. Still waiting on all of the stats where AA students major in things irrelevant to high paying jobs.

NP: I found this infographic. The majority of African American students do major in lower paying majors: social sciences, health, social work, and education. But not the arts/dance.

https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/african-american-majors/

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Anonymous wrote:Black students that go to these elite colleges come back messed up, they race racism from the faculty

meant face racism, i remember a black girl who was a dance major was told by a Harvard professor that she would have gotten a better grade if she focused on her science paper as much as she did dance

This is not racism at all! It's the truth. This type of constructive criticism benefits black students. I am a black parent. I commend the professor for speaking up and steering the student towards science. I would have told this student the exact same thing. That professor wants her to take advantage of the wonderful resources and courses that Harvard has to offer. Focusing on dance at Harvard is a waste IMO. Now putting her energy into science at Harvard will propel this student to greater heights.

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Anonymous wrote:Black students that go to these elite colleges come back messed up, they race racism from the faculty

meant face racism, i remember a black girl who was a dance major was told by a Harvard professor that she would have gotten a better grade if she focused on her science paper as much as she did dance

Sorry, but how is that racist? Anti-fine arts maybe?

that's not how a professor is supposed to talk to a student, that's how your parent talks to you

DP. I’m Black and I don’t think what the professor said was racist. Speaking of her parents, they should have told her not to waste their money (or her time) by majoring in dance. It sounds like the entire family lacks common sense.

what what i understand, she started her own dance company in high school

Georgetown did a study

https://cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/AfricanAmericanMajorsEarnings_Infographic-1.pdf

Yes, our community certainly needs another dance company. 🙄

The major with the highest percentage of black students at top schools is African American studies

What does that have to do with being a dance major? AA studies and dance are NOT the same.

What are you REALLY trying to say?

My point is African Americans usually major in things that are irrelevant to high paying jobs

1. Cite your source (with facts, not your opinions); and
2. That doesn’t apply to AA who are a part of the Black elite. That’s why they’re the Black elite.

Being a Harvard student/graduate doesn’t automatically mean you’re a member of the Black elite. It just makes you a student/graduate of an elite college. Unless your parents are double or triple digit millionaires or billionaires (bankrolling your artistic lifestyle), majoring in dance at an Ivy is a wasted opportunity.

Malia Obama graduated from Sidwell and went on to graduate from Harvard with a film degree

1. Film major/film maker/film director/film producer are VERY different from dance major (eg, Spielberg, Lucas, Lee, even Perry);

2. See my point, above, about having parents who are at least double-digit millionaires (the Obamas are); and

3. Was the Harvard dance major also the daughter of a former U.S. President?

NP. Still waiting on all of the stats where AA students major in things irrelevant to high paying jobs.

[Anonymous]

Here is where the black elite are sending their kids to college

Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Brown, University of Chicago, Harvard made the top 5 for universities

Amherst, Swarthmore, pomana, harvey mudd, haverford for top 5 liberal arts colleges


Georgetown seems to be pretty low , and duke seems to be somewhere as the middle

https://jbhe.com/2023/01/black-first-year-students-at-the-nations-leading-research-universities-2023/

https://jbhe.com/2023/03/black-first-year-students-at-the-nations-leading-liberal-arts-colleges-2026/

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Anonymous wrote:Here is where the black elite are sending their kids to college

Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Brown, University of Chicago, Harvard made the top 5 for universities

Amherst, Swarthmore, pomana, harvey mudd, haverford for top 5 liberal arts colleges


Georgetown seems to be pretty low , and duke seems to be somewhere as the middle

https://jbhe.com/2023/01/black-first-year-students-at-the-nations-leading-research-universities-2023/

https://jbhe.com/2023/03/black-first-year-students-at-the-nations-leading-liberal-arts-colleges-2026/

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Anonymous wrote:Here is where the black elite are sending their kids to college

Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Brown, University of Chicago, Harvard made the top 5 for universities

Amherst, Swarthmore, pomana, harvey mudd, haverford for top 5 liberal arts colleges


Georgetown seems to be pretty low , and duke seems to be somewhere as the middle

https://jbhe.com/2023/01/black-first-year-students-at-the-nations-leading-research-universities-2023/

https://jbhe.com/2023/03/black-first-year-students-at-the-nations-leading-liberal-arts-colleges-2026/

So now everyone can shut up about the black elite in DC not staying in the area, they are they are just sending the kids to Johns Hopkins instead of Georgetown

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Anonymous wrote:Here is where the black elite are sending their kids to college

Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Brown, University of Chicago, Harvard made the top 5 for universities

Amherst, Swarthmore, pomana, harvey mudd, haverford for top 5 liberal arts colleges


Georgetown seems to be pretty low , and duke seems to be somewhere as the middle

https://jbhe.com/2023/01/black-first-year-students-at-the-nations-leading-research-universities-2023/

https://jbhe.com/2023/03/black-first-year-students-at-the-nations-leading-liberal-arts-colleges-2026/

Thank you for posting this. So much of this thread has been so mistaken. Nice to see real data. Would be even better if they had "class" data points as well - but this is better than all the pure guessing!

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Anonymous wrote:Here is where the black elite are sending their kids to college

Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Brown, University of Chicago, Harvard made the top 5 for universities

Amherst, Swarthmore, pomana, harvey mudd, haverford for top 5 liberal arts colleges


Georgetown seems to be pretty low , and duke seems to be somewhere as the middle

https://jbhe.com/2023/01/black-first-year-students-at-the-nations-leading-research-universities-2023/

https://jbhe.com/2023/03/black-first-year-students-at-the-nations-leading-liberal-arts-colleges-2026/

So now everyone can shut up about the black elite in DC not staying in the area, they are they are just sending the kids to Johns Hopkins instead of Georgetown

Are you able to count? Based on the linked lists, the Black elite (and/or regular Blacks) are NOT sending their children to colleges in this area in large numbers. Only 2 out of 52 colleges made the list (JHU & Georgetown).