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<p>Well, she’s clearly happy. Good for her.</p>
<p>Yes, out of curiosity, I looked up to see the racial and ethnic breakdown of undergrads at Howard. According to Ipeds, it’s 96% African-American or Black, 3% Non-resident Alien, and they list 0% for all other categories. I suspect there’s more diversity at the grad level.</p>
<p>Sounds like a phenomenal young lady!</p>
<p>Personally, I am happy that she is attending the school of her choice- but these comments bother me.</p>
<p>* Fortunately, I grew up in a home in Connecticut where race was never an issue. It was never pointed out and it was never discussed. I simply knew from a young age that different people had different physical features that were irrelevant to the value of the person. Growing up I thought everyone shared my views. Ive learned in the past few years, however, that this is not the case and that people have different life experiences and different views based on those experiences.*</p>
<p>There have been hundreds if not thousands of opportunities to discuss race over the past 20 years, if it wasnt discussed, I can only surmise that she was raised in a very homogenous area. Connecticut is 83% white & she attended a private Christian school, so attending a HBCU must seem very exotic to her.
I think that racial issues are important enough to be discussed even if you don’t personally even know any minorities.</p>
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<p>someone girl this student a medal!</p>
<p>Not to demean her story, but white students have been attending [some] HBCUs for years. Tennessee State (O. Winfrey’s alma mater), North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central University to name a few. Heck, a recent Governor of North Carolina is a graduate of NCCU’s law school.</p>
<p>"…white students have been attending [some] HBCUs for years." </p>
<p>Yes, Morehouse had a white valedictorian. I have at times suggested HBCUs to young people on this forum as affordable options for them to attend college (tribal colleges are also more affordable than many other schools) but I think the suggestion has always been ignored. Decades ago, i was told by a professor who taught at Howard that the school was interested in diversity. I wouldn’t be surprised if they are a little looser with purse strings in the interest of diversity for the same reason that many small colleges in very white areas are.</p>
<p>Interesting. I went to the Howard website to see how the school presents itself. Bill Clinton was the commencement speaker last week!</p>
<p>Well he was our first black president.</p>
<p>Why is this news? Plenty of students around the country matriculate to colleges where they are members of minority groups.</p>
<p>Or is it only news because it seems that so many non-black people on these forums (and probably elsewhere) treat HBUs as being radioactive or something like that?</p>
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<p>The list of <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-18.html#post15895768[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-18.html#post15895768</a> contains some that may be well worth considering for many students, regardless of race. But (like you) I get the impression that suggesting those from that list which happen to be HBUs is not appreciated by most of the “need big merit” students who ask on these forums.</p>
<p>A few people from Mrs. T’s home country (some expansion country out in Asia) attended a couple of Louisiana HCBU’s. They had great words to say. It’s a different perspective, and a good experience overall.</p>
<p>EK – her hometown (from the Howard lacrosse roster) is listed as Hartford CT and she graduated from The Masters School (private, co-ed day and boarding school) in New York just north of Manhattan. </p>
<p>Hartford is not a homogeneous area, by any stretch of the imagination. Connecticut may be 83% white, but Hartford itself is less than 30% white. The Masters School has “no religious affiliation”, and its student photos show a good bit of diversity.</p>
<p>While the article does make it sound as if she was raised in a bubble, I find it hard to believe that’s the case.</p>
<p>There are quite a few white students at Howard especially in the law, medical and dental schools. I know last football season I saw a few students in the band and football team. My daughters best friend loves Howard and I am trying to get her to apply there. I see HU as a better fit for her than my daughter. The admissions rep. came to their hs last month trying to talk to students about the HBCUs experience. I could see many parents dismissed this option and did not pick up the materials. I think some people are missing an opportunity.It is quite interesting when the numbers are reversed. When I went to UG, i was one of the < 4% AA students at a PWI. I attended HU for grad school. I loved both schools for different reasons.</p>
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<p>And yet racial issues were ignored and never discussed.
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<p>West simsbury where the private high school is located is even more affluent & white than Connecticut is as a whole.</p>
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<p>Putting a few pics of minority students on their website does not negate that they pressured a student to leave because she answered a question in the affirmative when they asked her if she was a lesbian.
[Gay</a> teen encouraged to leave Connecticut Christian school - Hartford Courant](<a href=“http://articles.courant.com/2011-09-08/news/hc-campbell-rachel-0907-20110907_1_sexual-orientation-privacy-concerns-text-message]Gay”>http://articles.courant.com/2011-09-08/news/hc-campbell-rachel-0907-20110907_1_sexual-orientation-privacy-concerns-text-message)</p>
<p>There are two schools named The Masters School. One is a Christian School in Connecticut and one is a boarding school in New York. They’re very different. So please reserve judgment without knowing which school she attended.</p>
<p>EK - take a breath. Why are you so bothered by this girl that you are attacking her experience - with prejudices and info that is incorrect?</p>
<p>I don’t know which school the girl in the article attended, but to clarify:
The Masters School (no apostrophe) is a co Ed day and boarding school in NY. They have a gay straight alliance club and no religious affiliation. It was founded by Eliza Masters in 1877 and was all girls for most of its history. A student would definitely not be kicked out for being gay. [The</a> Masters School: Home](<a href=“http://www.mastersny.org/index.aspx]The”>http://www.mastersny.org/index.aspx)</p>
<p>The other school is Master’s with an apostrophe and seems to be a Christian school in Connecticut. Totally different.</p>
<p>Actually, looking at the Master’s school (the Christian one in CT) it appears that she was a student at that school, not the one in NY [Athletics</a> News, The Master’s School Private Christian Day School Connecticut CT,: Middle & Upper School Academic Awards](<a href=“http://www.masterschool.org/page.cfm?p=313&newsid=102]Athletics”>http://www.masterschool.org/page.cfm?p=313&newsid=102)</p>