Introduction
There are currently 106 Historical Black Colleges and Universities in America today. They consist of Medical and Law school, private institutions, community and 4 year institutions according to: Colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/hbcu. I personally feel that they are necessary for numerous reasons. Three major reasons are it creates cultural aspects for blacks, we fall into the majority as the superior races are stressing we never will,and it gives us as black people a sense of hope. All races have cultures; their own culture to be exact. Black folks tend to have many cultures as in hair,dances,and most of all food. We all love fried chicken right? What culture you think started that? We love beignets on Bourbon as well. The old and new dances we come up with including the songs along with it is another big culture we call Hip-Hop. These are just examples of some of the cultures we have in America. The creation of HBCUS’ before 1964, was the start of a now Black Culture that we can all look forward to for myself, and other blacks around the world. This creation has sent many blacks to school and have …show more content…
In 2014 the college enrollment rate for whites were 67.3% and blacks 70.9% according to: money.cnn.com. Also, according to: Jbhe.com more than 4.5 milion African Americans hold a 4 year college degree in 2016. In the time of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s’ about 10,000 American blacks were educated according to: Jbhe.com. As i was saying i feel blacks are slowly rising to be superiors also. Although, there is still a big gap in between that I’m sure will rise over the next decade. They feel we were very incompetent, and know less. As one, we must prove them different. I will prove them different and get myself and others into the majority
There are currently 106 Historical Black Colleges and Universities in America today. They consist of Medical and Law school, private institutions, community and 4 year institutions according to: Colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/hbcu. I personally feel that they are necessary for numerous reasons. Three major reasons are it creates cultural aspects for blacks, we fall into the majority as the superior races are stressing we never will,and it gives us as black people a sense of hope. All races have cultures; their own culture to be exact. Black folks tend to have many cultures as in hair,dances,and most of all food. We all love fried chicken right? What culture you think started that? We love beignets on Bourbon as well. The old and new dances we come up with including the songs along with it is another big culture we call Hip-Hop. These are just examples of some of the cultures we have in America. The creation of HBCUS’ before 1964, was the start of a now Black Culture that we can all look forward to for myself, and other blacks around the world. This creation has sent many blacks to school and have …show more content…
In 2014 the college enrollment rate for whites were 67.3% and blacks 70.9% according to: money.cnn.com. Also, according to: Jbhe.com more than 4.5 milion African Americans hold a 4 year college degree in 2016. In the time of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s’ about 10,000 American blacks were educated according to: Jbhe.com. As i was saying i feel blacks are slowly rising to be superiors also. Although, there is still a big gap in between that I’m sure will rise over the next decade. They feel we were very incompetent, and know less. As one, we must prove them different. I will prove them different and get myself and others into the majority