HBCUs* are a legacy of the pre-Civil Rights era, so why are they praised so much by politicians? I'm just a naive Canadian asking dumb questions, but they seem actively counter to integration.
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Ya I'm learning from a few people about the black elite thing. It seems to me that when you have separate but equal institutions for elite rights of passage it's a policy failure.
Yes, I would call segregation a policy failure. But all policies have unintended consequences an some bad policies have good unintended consequences. HBCUs fall into the “if it ain’t broke...” category.
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Ya. I was provoked by a number of Dem primary candidates saying they wanted to majorly increase their funding so I was trying to understand it. "If it ain't broke" I get
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I should add that the way you asked about HBCUs is head and shoulders above the usual line of questions that people have. A lot of people seem to believe that they really only accept black students
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