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In reply to the discussion: Black men only: UConn's proposed 'learning community' sparks controversy [View all]JustAnotherGen
(31,811 posts)They may be coming from the same weak educational background and need the peer support and access to the same tutors and assistance to succeed.
This makes me go along to get along with free college for everyone.
IF we acknowledge that the majority of black students from inner cities attending in Fall 2017 were deliberately and maliciously cheated out of an equal elementary, middle, and high school education and they will need extra help when they get there -
I'm all for it. Sounds like UConn is preparing for Free College For Everyone to make sure those kids redlined into ghettos are as successful as those who had posh suburban educations.
FYI - my father was a Tuskeegee grad and my uncles and grandfather were Morehouse grads.
Being in a segregated dorm didn't hurt them. Black people tend to reach back and pull each other up "behind the back of America" and these connections we make at University last throughout our lives.
As much as America thinks it is ready for us to get rid of these connections and networking tools - America is wrong. I'll be 43 in two weeks and even if they legislates our organizations away - we will defy this country. I will make a point of forming the underground railroad to The Links membership.