Analysis Of Marybeth Gasman And Ufuoma Abiola 's Article Colorism

Thesis: HBCU’s are necessary for the future of democratic America because they better prepare African American students as individuals and for the workforce.

The new generation of upcoming college scholars have been appearing to have a lot of debate over the criteria of an HBCU not being corresponding to a PWI. It is time to understand and be able to get involved with the debate about Historically Black College/University (HBCU) versus Predominantly White Institution (PWI). To proceed it is best to start with the definition of these terms because everyone needs to have knowledge when it comes to this subject. This subject also needs to be more than just a debate between students attending HBCUs and African Americans at PWIs. Quite shockingly, there are many out there that do not know what an HBCU is and if they do they think of these “black schools” as a form of racism. When it boils down to HBCU’s

Another major predicament that plays a large role in the amount of African Americans that do not receive a higher education is once they get to college, they do not have a typical or enjoyable experience once there. In today’s society, it is hard to imagine that there is still racism and segregation in schools and colleges today but the reality is, it still does very much exist. This is especially true when black students attend predominantly white universities. Even though most colleges promote themselves by talking about how diverse their

For almost two hundred years, Historically Black Colleges and Universities or HBCUs have played a pivotal role in the education of African-American people, and negro people internationally. These schools have provided the majority of black college graduates at the Graduate and Post-Graduate level; schools such as Hampton University, Morehouse University, Spellman University and Howard University are four universities at the forefront of the advanced education of blacks. For sometime there has been a discussion on whether or not these institutes should remain in existence or if they are just another form of racism. There were also concerning the quality of education provided at these institutions. In my opinion, from the evidence provided

African American students enrolling in HBCUs experience better outcomes such as general satisfaction with their experience, higher grade, psychological adjustments, etc than those African American students enrolling in PWIs while Whites attending PWIs experience better outcomes such as higher grade, psychological adjustments than those white students attending in HBCUs. African American students found more comfortable and friendly environment at HBCUs while White students found more comfortable and friendly environment at PWIs. Students attending in HBCUs seems to be more satisfied with college experience because of their involvement on Colleges/Universities compared to those students attending in PWIs. African American students attending HBCUs wanted just to complete their degree as compared to students attending PWIs. White students wanted to read more as compared to African American students. In the context of educating African Americans in Specific field, HBCUs became more successful in providing access and retaining students through graduation compared to PWIs. Students attending HBCU has outcomes like tutoring other students, higher GPAs, gradating with honors, and

The entire HBCU experience is entirely different than that of other public or private colleges that are predominantly white. While HBCUs represent only 3% of the nation’s institutions of higher learning they enroll 16% of African Americans at the under-graduate level and award nearly one-fifth of

“Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire country.”(Keller) What Ric Keller states here is an opinion that outlines a compelling fact about HBCUs that along with several other significant information that may come as a surprise. Essentially, the great debate between the choice of whether an Historically Black College and University or Predominantly White Institution is more beneficial or not can become a pondering interrogation. Each acronym defines itself, Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCUs) were established by the means of providing an education for predominantly African American students. Whereas, Predominantly White Intuitions(PWI) serve to instruct and educated the opposite or in other words those of Caucasian descent.

HBCUs are more sensitive to the various cultures and encourage students to associate and learn about the different nationalities and cultures. HBCUs faculty and administration tends to offer more encouragement and support for students having difficulty; they help these students to reach their full academic potential. “In 1992, Walter Allen reported that black students who attend HBCUs have better academic performance, greater social involvement, and higher occupational aspirations than black students who attend PWIs. On black campuses students emphasize feelings of engagement, extensive support, acceptance, encouragement, and connection. Allen also found that HBCUs communicate to black students that it is safe to take the risks associated with intellectual growth and

Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire country.”(Keller) What Ric Keller states here is an opinion that outlines a compelling fact about HBCUs that along with several other significant information that may come as a surprise. Essentially, the great debate between the choice of whether a Historically Black College and University or Predominantly White Institution is more beneficial or not can become a pondering interrogation. Each acronym defines itself, Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCUs) were established by the means of providing an education for predominantly African American students. Whereas, Predominantly White Intuitions(PWI) serve to instruct and educated the opposite or in other words those of Caucasian descent.

Historical archives discovered by Dorman show that colorism had tangible boundaries within the African American community during the 1920s (47). It is stated that blacks often divided themselves into four subcategories which consisted of “black”, “brown”, “light brown”, and “yellow” Negros (Dorman 47). The above ranking would be listed in a hierarchy from “black” being at the bottom of the socially accepted hierarchy to the “yellow negro” being the most revered and desired socially.

Institutional bias often target stereotypes and attributes of or a person, such as age, gender, and ethnicity. An example of institutional discrimination is the case of Brown vs. the board of education in Topeka (Lechtenberger, DeAnn, 2010). In the 1950 school were separated by skin color, the blacks and the whites. The white schools had better facilities and were superior academically. Based off their ethnicity, they were considered inferior to the whites and were not given the same opportunity of education (Lechtenberger, DeAnn, 2010). This lead to cultural influences in schools for years to come, Howard University is a historical black university. A historically black college is a school that is intended for black students but all races

Rob Nelson brought this article with an extrinsic ethos in it based on the character of the author. Rob Nelson is a well known African-American editor in Chief of Chapel Hill’s Daily Tar Heel newspaper. Its estimated print readership of 38,000 makes it the largest community newspaper in Orange County (DTH Media, 2011). This is a well-known magazine for the audience; therefore, all the information and article from Daily Tar Heel must be reliable to the audience. Since he was born and raised in an African- American community, Nelson usually reflects on issues about race and practicing racism in his writing. Later on, the article was re-published in the academic journal, the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, a journal that has a high academically reliable and strong authority. The readers knew about Nelson and his authority before they read his article.

This review of the literature draws on the framework of Black feminist theory and critical race theory to examine the experiences of Black women in the spaces of higher education. This work explores the embodiment of racialized and gendered marginalization in the academy. Covering experiences of students, faculty members, and administrators, this literature review addresses the climate of higher education and role Black Feminism and Critical Race Theory play in addressing the intersectionality of race, class, and gender when it comes to operating in white misogynistic arenas. By connecting experiences of Black women scholars, it concludes with the understanding of their experiences in connection to the need and desire to engage as scholars

I really agreed with Matthew because his views were spot on but also because I haven’t directly experienced colorism, but I’ve certainly benefited from it. As the daughter of an Amazigh man, my skin was already much lighter than other Arab Moroccans, but with my mother being a white woman, essentially the only thing that keeps me from being seen as 100% white was having a vaguely foreign but ultimately unidentifiable last name--and it’s no secret that whites are treated better than people of color. Hair that would otherwise be very curly is stilled, a hooked nose is smoothed, skin is lightened, and prejudice avoided because of my mother’s genes. I don’t look Arab. Thus, I don’t get the threats or the name-calling others do. That’s all within the realm of what I’ve seen personally.

Providence College is home to over 4,000 undergraduates who hope to pursue a higher education that will prepare students for life after college. Through experiences inside and outside of the classroom, Providence College has been trying to provide the best overall experience to achieve well-rounded people upon graduation. In efforts for students to grow socially, emotionally and intellectually, Providence College challenges you to translate this growth into action, habit and purpose. As I am about to go into my last semester here at Providence, I reflect upon past and current issues involving diversity and racial-discrimination policies and regulations imposed by the college to see how far the school has come since I began here in the fall of 2014. Providence College has been repeatedly ranked one of the top colleges that have the most homogenous (White) student population in the country by Princeton Review. This has been ongoing for the past couple of decades and has put Providence Colleges’ goal to achieve a diverse student body in danger as they are stereotyped as a predominately white, preppy, rich kid school. This past August, The Princeton Review’s 26th Annual College Rankings, were released to the public. Out of the 382 schools accounted for in the survey, Providence college was ranked first for, “Having little race/class interaction” (Princeton Review). This may be viewed as shocking news to some, but to Jim Vincent, who is the President of the NAACP Providence