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Meet, act & depart...
A lot of what you all are saying is true. But, here is what I think the bottom line problem is:
If you had a son coming out of high school this year and he was in the top 5 football players in your state and the top 50 in the nation, what would be your answers to:
Miami, Texas, Grambling, or FAMU
Same but, basketball:
Duke, North Carolina, Bama State, or HAMPTON
same but track:
Baylor, Oklahoma, Southern, Howard
Perfect score on the SAT or ACT:
MIT, Stanford, Prairie View, North Carolina A&T
If the Heritage Bowl was still in existance and you was given tickets to go to the Heritage Bowl or the Sugar Bowl and they are on the same day at the same time, which tickets get used by you?
Now answer the same questions for most of your black friends...
If we are honest, I willing to bet the real problem will be obvious. Ice is colder theory is still thought to be true by a lot of our people. So, what are we to expect of our kids when Oklahoma, Texas, Miami, Florida State, LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, etc... are calling and visiting them. I'm not even talking about the paying that you all are mentioning. Our schools are out of their minds long before that becomes an issue. That becomes the issue to put seperation between each other. How many of the youth around you only hear you talking about the positives of HBCUs. How many of you tell them about the Aneneas Williams, Jake Reed, Robert Porchea, Micheal Strahan, Steve McNair, Jerry Rice, etc.. of the NFL and how much better they are from their counter-parts. How many of you mention the Avery Johnson and Lindsey Hunter in the NBA. How many of you tell them that black graduate from HBCUs, while blacks attend PWCs. How many of you point out the leading men and women in America that are alumnus of HBCUs. When we don't, all they hear about HBCUs is that which means settling.
It's on us. Our dollars. Our positive conversations. Our educating others that finally gets to the Casey Printers, Michael Hayes, and other students. We must keep it up and step it up, so they will come to us up front. When we have a chance to recruit a very talented kid, we must expose them to other HBCUs including our own. For what if he doesn't go to yours, we need him/her to also consider another HBCU instead of only having PWC to then choose from. WE MUST MAKE THE DIFFERENCE and it want happen in 1 year. We must be steadfast and committed.
PEACE!!!
If you had a son coming out of high school this year and he was in the top 5 football players in your state and the top 50 in the nation, what would be your answers to:
Miami, Texas, Grambling, or FAMU
Same but, basketball:
Duke, North Carolina, Bama State, or HAMPTON
same but track:
Baylor, Oklahoma, Southern, Howard
Perfect score on the SAT or ACT:
MIT, Stanford, Prairie View, North Carolina A&T
If the Heritage Bowl was still in existance and you was given tickets to go to the Heritage Bowl or the Sugar Bowl and they are on the same day at the same time, which tickets get used by you?
Now answer the same questions for most of your black friends...
If we are honest, I willing to bet the real problem will be obvious. Ice is colder theory is still thought to be true by a lot of our people. So, what are we to expect of our kids when Oklahoma, Texas, Miami, Florida State, LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, etc... are calling and visiting them. I'm not even talking about the paying that you all are mentioning. Our schools are out of their minds long before that becomes an issue. That becomes the issue to put seperation between each other. How many of the youth around you only hear you talking about the positives of HBCUs. How many of you tell them about the Aneneas Williams, Jake Reed, Robert Porchea, Micheal Strahan, Steve McNair, Jerry Rice, etc.. of the NFL and how much better they are from their counter-parts. How many of you mention the Avery Johnson and Lindsey Hunter in the NBA. How many of you tell them that black graduate from HBCUs, while blacks attend PWCs. How many of you point out the leading men and women in America that are alumnus of HBCUs. When we don't, all they hear about HBCUs is that which means settling.
It's on us. Our dollars. Our positive conversations. Our educating others that finally gets to the Casey Printers, Michael Hayes, and other students. We must keep it up and step it up, so they will come to us up front. When we have a chance to recruit a very talented kid, we must expose them to other HBCUs including our own. For what if he doesn't go to yours, we need him/her to also consider another HBCU instead of only having PWC to then choose from. WE MUST MAKE THE DIFFERENCE and it want happen in 1 year. We must be steadfast and committed.
PEACE!!!