Post of the Week: I borrowed 150k for This?! HBCUs, Affirmative Action and Student Debt 5
In the beginning, we were not permitted to attend mainstream institutions. Then we made our own, and for the most part did not desire to attend mainstream institutions though we maintained we had a right to. Then we won that right with the blood of our dear saints departed. Some of us exercised that right. Some of us chose to maintain the communities which we built when “American” only referred to us when we were overseas, usually in uniform – and in harm’s way.
For those who are familiar with my situation you know that I travel a great deal. Observationally, and I say that because I do not wish to be inundated with statistics to the contrary (should they exist) I have noticed that those who chose to attend HBCUs were better off financially twenty years down the line. I believe the answer has to do with Affirmative Action, Student Debt and a new “southern strategy.”
Why is an entire generation of African-American elite saying/asking themselves: I borrowed 150k For This?!
