[TR24201]

First, I seriously doubt your assertion that historically black colleges and universities discriminate against non-blacks. Tuskegee University, for instance, has a sizable white student population, and I’ve known white girls who attended Spelman College. They are a minority, yes, but no more of a minority than black students in most colleges and universities across the country. Their small number isn’t due to discriminatory admissions practices, but to the fact that whites generally perceive predominantly black institutions as inferior and thus choose not to attend these schools (Alabama State actually has a scholarship program targeted to white students, for the sake of diversity). Secondly, HBCUs are cultural centers and serve students who do not want their memories of college to be from the perspective of someone in a cultural and racial minority. As a black female who attended a nearly all-white, all-male university, I know how hard it is being the ‘only one,’ and I wonder if my college experience would have differed if I had attended a college where I wasn’t constantly worrying about ‘sticking out.’ HBCUs foster a close-knit community where students can immerse themselves in African-American culture while educating themselves in other areas. Since most colleges and unversities are historically and presently ‘white,’ allowing the existence of ‘cultural yeshivas’ like HBCUs is only fair.

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Name : TR24201, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Newark, State : NJ, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

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