Trend of high-performing Black students choosing to attend HBCUs

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*Howard Alumi

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It's pretty much IYKYK here. I am white and know a number of Black people who attended HBCUs for UG degrees and some for grad, either through friendships, work, or both over the last 4 decades. Many attended for UG as their parents wanted them to have that experience before they launched into the world. Some had grown up in predominantly black neighborhoods and attended similar schools while others had grown up in the opposite - predominantly white neighborhoods and attended similar universities. They went on to attend prestigious grad programs, work in the highest levels of the US government, excel in the business, legal, and medical arenas, etc.

If one's world is more circumscribed, then, yeah, they may not realize that high-performing Black students have been choosing HBCUs since the doors opened to them.

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This is nothing new. Top black students have been choosing HBCU over other high ranked colleges and universities ever since HBCU started.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would Black students not want to attend schools where they are <10%? A strong student with the right mindset will want to attend the best possible school they can get into and can afford, assuming there are not a lot of social negatives at the school, of course.

You aren’t Black, are you? Who are you to tell Black students what “the right mindset” is? Maybe going to a school where kids don’t have to code switch, don’t have to always worry about racism and bias, will give many Black students a better educational experience. My kid is white, many of his friends are Black, and yes, most are at least considering HBCUs. Many are fine schools where a kid can be immersed in a community of supportive, like minded people, something they may not have experienced in high school. So yes, it’s a good choice for some high performing Black kids.

I'm not 'Black' in the African American sense, but I'm Black in the African sense. I'd never send my kids to an HBCU if the choice was between an Ivy and HBCU. Do what y'all want.. Less competition for my kids who'll certainly check that Black box on the college application. As another poster said, no International student ever thought "OMG, I don't want to code switch (whatever the f that means), so let me not go to this strange university in the US that I'll be seeing for the first time when I land". They all come out the other side unharmed, made better by their experiences and, dare I say, thrive.

You know, google is (basically) free.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want "like minded" and no diversity, go for it. Most HBCUs are inferior in terms of academics so there's that.

You firestarting trolls reallt never sleep, do you?

Yup---they think nothing of "white kids attending schools that are largely white". that's never an issue apparently

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want "like minded" and no diversity, go for it. Most HBCUs are inferior in terms of academics so there's that.

You firestarting trolls reallt never sleep, do you?

Yup---they think nothing of "white kids attending schools that are largely white". that's never an issue apparently

Or liberal kids attending schools where most people are liberal, or conservative kids doing the same, or religious kids doing the same, etc. etc.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would Black students not want to attend schools where they are <10%? A strong student with the right mindset will want to attend the best possible school they can get into and can afford, assuming there are not a lot of social negatives at the school, of course.

You aren’t Black, are you? Who are you to tell Black students what “the right mindset” is? Maybe going to a school where kids don’t have to code switch, don’t have to always worry about racism and bias, will give many Black students a better educational experience. My kid is white, many of his friends are Black, and yes, most are at least considering HBCUs. Many are fine schools where a kid can be immersed in a community of supportive, like minded people, something they may not have experienced in high school. So yes, it’s a good choice for some high performing Black kids.

"Maybe going to a school where kids don’t have to code switch, don’t have to always worry about racism and bias, will give many Black students a better educational experience."

Said no minority international student from a third world country ever.

Mmm hmm, do you actually know any? Because many find it incredibly difficult to adjust to American culture, and only the carrot of economic opportunity keeps them here, at least at first.

Everyone wants to be in a place where “everybody knows their name”. Nothing wrong with it

Stop pitting Blacks vs. Asians