When I supported Dillards presidents request that Dr. Dre consider giving some of his money to HBCUs instead of USC (which doesnt need the money at all), I heard a lot of negroes saying, But HBCUs are inefficient. They would waste the money! To that point of continuous negativity, I say two things: 1) He could easily create a private scholarship fund to send students to HBCUs. That way, he can manage the money himself. 2) While we know many HBCUs have administrative problems, the fact is that they at least ACKNOWLEDGE and support the spiritual and intellectual growth of black people. You CANNOT say the same thing about a school that hires almost no African American professors and only accepts black people who can dribble a basketball or throw a football. Translation: Well gladly take money from any black person foolish enough to give it to us, but our actions clearly show that black people are second-class citizens in our institution. A community with citizens who fail to see the value of supporting each other is destined to die a miserable death. We can certainly critique our HBCUs, since many of them deserve it. But to see white universities as an oasis of intellectual superiority while ignoring their racist short-comings is nothing short of utterly disgusting self-hatred. Ive taught at and attended many predominantly white universities, and the way they treat black students and faculty is disgraceful. I would send my daughter to Spelman over Harvard any day of the week, since she wouldnt have to waste her study time trying to prove her humanity to a university that has only given tenure to two black female law professors in 200 years. That kind of exclusion is both ignorant and racist.
Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2014 13:20:07 +0000
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