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Post by Aggie One on Mar 23, 2020 14:56:11 GMT -5
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Post by Aggie77 on Mar 24, 2020 14:30:44 GMT -5
A few take-aways.
Investment in some campuses and facilities, like at Norfolk State and North Carolina A&T, has been impressive. But the lack of contemporary technology and building upkeep at many HBCUs — like at Tennessee State, where enrollment has dipped for 10 straight years — has turned away black students.
"In many cases predominantly white institutions are looking to become more diverse by offering minorities scholarships. While I wanted my children to follow in my footsteps and attend an HBCU, preferably my alma mater, the HBCUs we visited couldn’t offer the kind of money the University of Kentucky did.”
Donations overall to black colleges increased for the ninth straight year, including $479 million for 2018, according to federal data.
“Presidents have to be more of businessmen and women who understand the university is a business and work hard to align themselves with major corporations,” Dial said. “They need to create partnerships with black and brown countries to offer education to those countries’ young minds in an effort to receive financial backing. This minimizes the need for the handouts from the state and low alumni support, which is another conversation.”
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Post by lobengula on Mar 26, 2020 12:53:19 GMT -5
A few take-aways. Investment in some campuses and facilities, like at Norfolk State and North Carolina A&T, has been impressive. But the lack of contemporary technology and building upkeep at many HBCUs — like at Tennessee State, where enrollment has dipped for 10 straight years — has turned away black students. "In many cases predominantly white institutions are looking to become more diverse by offering minorities scholarships. While I wanted my children to follow in my footsteps and attend an HBCU, preferably my alma mater, the HBCUs we visited couldn’t offer the kind of money the University of Kentucky did.” Donations overall to black colleges increased for the ninth straight year, including $479 million for 2018, according to federal data. “Presidents have to be more of businessmen and women who understand the university is a business and work hard to align themselves with major corporations,” Dial said. “They need to create partnerships with black and brown countries to offer education to those countries’ young minds in an effort to receive financial backing. This minimizes the need for the handouts from the state and low alumni support, which is another conversation.” Basically we as a people are at risk for our survival. The reality of this pandemic has reveal more that too many of us do not want to admit which is the lie of the american Dream which is a fleeting illusion. Donald Drumpth is merely the vomit that the dog/the system is licking as though this is a reality show. Until there is an awakening among the masses nothing will change. When the state of Alabama can kill an innocent man and too many black athlete chose to enroll in Alabama therein is the reality the failure of us to believe and love us. Then too many administrators in HBCUs act from a neocolonial mindset which is the reason for the mess that is our reality due to a psycho social shift. Finally politically we have become irrelevant which is why the support for the democratic choice is a betrayal of the aspirations of the millenium generation. |
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Post by Aggie77 on Mar 26, 2020 22:37:17 GMT -5
Finally politically we have become irrelevant which is why the support for the democratic choice is a betrayal of the aspirations of the millenium generation. I was with you until that, primarily the betrayal part. Two things; 1) it's my understanding there's about equal numbers of Baby Boomers and Millennials. But it's reported that Millennials are high volume at rallies and in the streets, but are deafly silent on election day. 2) Though I'm unsure of their aspirations, I'm willing to bet a Bologna Whopper, it ain't gonna be the survival HBCUs. That ship sailed at least a generation prior. I don't view voting your self-interest as a betrayal of someone else's aspirations, especially it you don't stand-up when it time to show-up. I wish people voted their own self-interest more, especially the majority population. |
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Post by lobengula on Mar 27, 2020 2:29:55 GMT -5
Finally politically we have become irrelevant which is why the support for the democratic choice is a betrayal of the aspirations of the millenium generation. I was with you until that, primarily the betrayal part. Two things; 1) it's my understanding there's about equal numbers of Baby Boomers and Millennials. But it's reported that Millennials are high volume at rallies and in the streets, but are deafly silent on election day. 2) Though I'm unsure of their aspirations, I'm willing to bet a Bologna Whopper, it ain't gonna be the survival HBCUs. That ship sailed at least a generation prior. I don't view voting your self-interest as a betrayal of someone else's aspirations, especially it you don't stand-up when it time to show-up. I wish people voted their own self-interest more, especially the majority population. Basically where I am coming from is in terms of the political process Bernie Sanders represented a better choice in terms of his political philosophy being akin to Martin Luther King's view. Clyburn in my opinion listen to Pelosi rather than the call of history. My hope is that his choice would be of benefit to all of the HCBUs in South Carolina and the South. When a people continue to invest in the democratic party the returns on that investment has been abysmal. Some say that we did not make demands on Obama, my view is that the demand was on the day of the elections in and of itself. At the moment Bernie's view is looking much better in the midst of this pandemic. We see socialism for the rich versus niggardly rations for the working class. I am not saying that Sanders is the great hope but his points of view are remarkable in comparison to the democratic view which party is the main enemy of working class peoples. I am just trying to make it plain for you. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2020 12:50:17 GMT -5
Finally politically we have become irrelevant which is why the support for the democratic choice is a betrayal of the aspirations of the millenium generation. I was with you until that, primarily the betrayal part. Two things; 1) it's my understanding there's about equal numbers of Baby Boomers and Millennials. But it's reported that Millennials are high volume at rallies and in the streets, but are deafly silent on election day. 2) Though I'm unsure of their aspirations, I'm willing to bet a Bologna Whopper, it ain't gonna be the survival HBCUs. That ship sailed at least a generation prior. I don't view voting your self-interest as a betrayal of someone else's aspirations, especially it you don't stand-up when it time to show-up. I wish people voted their own self-interest more, especially the majority population. Many Millennials are in their 30's now and closer aligned to Gen X and Boomers than we realize. We aren't at the voting rate of those 41 and older but we're getting there. |
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Post by lobengula on Mar 27, 2020 16:57:24 GMT -5
I was with you until that, primarily the betrayal part. Two things; 1) it's my understanding there's about equal numbers of Baby Boomers and Millennials. But it's reported that Millennials are high volume at rallies and in the streets, but are deafly silent on election day. 2) Though I'm unsure of their aspirations, I'm willing to bet a Bologna Whopper, it ain't gonna be the survival HBCUs. That ship sailed at least a generation prior. I don't view voting your self-interest as a betrayal of someone else's aspirations, especially it you don't stand-up when it time to show-up. I wish people voted their own self-interest more, especially the majority population. Many Millennials are in their 30's now and closer aligned to Gen X and Boomers than we realize. We aren't at the voting rate of those 41 and older but we're getting there. Not being critical of the youth but I will continue to believe that this election is for the future of our country wherein my opinion the youth's future of high student loan debt should be forgiven in terms of societal restorative justice. This would be the other nexus of the meltdown of the events of September 2008; including financial relief for those holders of subprime loans many if not all lost their homes. Just think the outcome if the black vote went to Bernie. But I am under no illusions perhaps Malcolm X prophecy will be revealed which is why I maintain about our being politically irrelevant. Despite the internecine fratricide we must begin anew for not only our collective survival but for the survival of this nation's burning house for which we have built and have equity. |
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