tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287808243463964456.post8063911469294660254..comments2020-02-27T13:56:34.914-08:00Comments on Hempress Utopia: The Queendome: Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Luxury or Necessity?BlackSoulRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13349741924209880997noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287808243463964456.post-36558971621428603142010-01-26T13:22:46.481-08:002010-01-26T13:22:46.481-08:00This post is from: Cameron Jewell
Email: cjewell60...This post is from: Cameron Jewell<br />Email: cjewell605@msn.com<br /><br />He wrote:<br /><br />"In the case of Hampton Institute, (now called Hampton University), the school was founded to focus on educating blacks to fill mostly agricultural and mechanical trades."<br /><br />Hampton University was not established to educate blacks in the beginning. Founder General Armstrong believed that education for blacks would be best suited in the industrial field. He was able to utilize industrial education as an ideological force that would provide instruction appropreiate for adjusting blacks to subordinate social roles in the New South. His purpose for doing so was to remove blacks from effective roles in southern politics and saw it as a means for "proper reconstruction". Armstrong had the intention of making blacks an economic asset instead of a burden to the south. Black teachers and leaders were used in preparation for the black masses for efficent services in black occupational service niches. Armstrong also used his military background to emphasize on regulaiton, order, system, and obedience because he felt that was most appropreiate for blacks. With the hiring of black to teachers, he wanted students to work in harmony with the faculty to maintain order. He also tried to use religion as well. <br /><br />I tried to do an article in The Script on this, but was censored by the advisors. This information also came from Dr. Rosenthal, a white man at that, in the sociology department who taught us this in our theory classes. <br /><br />HBCU's are more of a necessity than a luxory. At first, I was going to say no to either of them, but considering that I transfered from one HBCU only to end up in a socially oppressed one, I did take a lot with me. HBCU's are a necessity because we're enriched with history that hasn't been enabled in some public school systems. I want my child to know that black history was not all about slavery. I want him/her to know that black comes in the forms of many cultures and it just wasn't rooted in Africa. We neglect the value of information that our professors have entrusted us with without taking the significance of it all. History and knowledge are important, and you can get information from PWI's, but they won't tell you the WHOLE truth. I want my people to continue to be informed because we're passing down a legacy to each generation, and it's getting distorted along the way with the issues we have in our society today, as it pertains to hip hop culture and what's being portrayed on television. The younger generation should not being speaking Ebonics because slavery is over. It's our duty as future leaders and political figures, to educate and inform, so that we can uphold the truths to our own history. So yes, HBCU's are a necessity and they always will be.BlackSoulRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349741924209880997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287808243463964456.post-84742032927392209702010-01-26T13:21:03.220-08:002010-01-26T13:21:03.220-08:00This post is from: Queen Reesa
Email: vmreesa@yaho...This post is from: Queen Reesa<br />Email: vmreesa@yahoo.com<br />Blog: http://www.reesaspeaks.wordpress.com<br /><br />She wrote:<br /><br />mad props to your blog post Erin girl! You are a very talented writer and ur opinion definitely needs to heard so glad u hopped into the blog world. but yeah, I feel that HBCU have alot a relevance . not so much as it didnt in our rich African American history but i feel that the reason and purpose of and HBCU has lost its touch. I no longer feel that black students are as pressed to go to a black college, cause for one it's private and we all know Hampton is HELLA expensive. I'm starting to blab on so lemme stop! lol Great post keep it up!BlackSoulRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349741924209880997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287808243463964456.post-20638806066305796022010-01-26T13:19:09.845-08:002010-01-26T13:19:09.845-08:00From:
http://uptownandreabrown.wordpress.com
email...From:<br />http://uptownandreabrown.wordpress.com<br />email: thisisandreanicole@gmail.com<br /><br /><br />Great post.<br /><br />As a current student at a HBCU, I recognize their necessity on a daily basis. In speaking with my counterparts that attend PWI's, I have noticed distinct differences in the way students are taught. I think that HBCU's are still important to the cultivation of our black leaders, which we are so sorely lacking. It's my opinion, that the next great black leaders will come from our generation, and help bring our community back to the greatness and unity that it once claimed. So yes, HBCU's are still a necessity, for the history, and cultural backgrounds that students will not receive at a PWI.BlackSoulRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349741924209880997noreply@blogger.com