[montag813]

What is this term "Historically Black Colleges"? Because "Black Colleges" seems more racist.

[stylin19a]

specially since Rachel Dolezal went to Howard

[nuke_road_warrior]

“Historically” Black colleges, because after the the Civil War there was almost no opportunity for education of the newly freed slaves, let alone at the college level. Many colleges were established to meet the enormous demand for education among the former slaves. Even in the northern states, Black students were not allowed to attend, so the Black colleges were the only option for Black’s to gain a college level education. Racial discrimination for schools officially ended wth Brown v. Board of Education, and the Civil Rights act of 1964. Therefore, the Black colleges became “Historically” Black colleges, although the student body remain mostly black by choice.

[Dr. Sivana]

There are non-black students at these schools these days. Decades ago I remember researching law schools and saw the average (or median, I forget which) LSAT score for Texas Southern was something like 11 on a 48 point scale.

In the mission statement was wording something along the lines of "Texas Southern provides a law school education for those who would otherwise not have one." Cleverly worded. While the school at the time was mostly black, there was a statistically significant number of whites there too, who presumably would be unable to otherwise receive a law school education.

[blam]

Trump to sign executive order on historically black colleges and universities

[tbw2]

Because they are admitting students of other races in order to stay open.

[Nifster]

No because they are colleges that began often in the south because whites only universities excluded people. The colleges are mostly Black because of jistory

[PLMerite]

” What is this term “Historically Black Colleges”? Because “Black Colleges” seems more racist. “

Because they can make more money if more (non-black) people go there.