re: Have historically black colleges outlived their purpose?

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the primary purpose was to not subject the kids to the culcha of a certain demographic.

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Yeah man, the Little Rock Nine had it coming!

You realize the black population back then was nothing like it is today, right? Poverty, crime, out-of-wedlock-pregnancies, and the decaying family unit didn't happen until the 70s.

I think people just believe they are specifically for blacks, because they target blacks.

It's like calling Harvard an HWCU

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You realize the black population back then was nothing like it is today, right? Poverty, crime, out-of-wedlock-pregnancies, and the decaying family unit didn't happen until the 70s.

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You can thank Ronald Reagan

Why would Reagan be responsible for anything that happened to anyone on a national level in the 70s.

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“LISA” schools.

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They still exist just under different organizational names. LISA > MPSA > MAIS

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primary purpose and conditions for which and in which these schools were created and deemed necessary no longer existed. As such, they either closed up shop, or allowed black children to attend.

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There primary purpose may no longer be stated as this, but it's kind of still the purpose of those schools.

They crashed the public schools in those areas during that time period, so there was no real possibility of going back.

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aren't a few of them, like Spellman and Howard, fairly respected Universities nationally?

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Neither Spellman nor Howard has the reputation of a leading public university like UNC or Texas, let alone a leading private institution such as Harvard or Stanford.

That said, someone who intends to pursue a career within the HBCU system and tap into the money there would do well to go to school at an HBCU. You could meet the right people and build a lasting network that way. It's a great way to make sure you have fewer prospects anywhere else but for those who make it there's plenty of money. Russian is, as usual, correct with his observation.

This could be said about 95% of colleges. Hmmm I wonder why you singled out hbcus? Outside of STEM courses most colleges are scams

I always consider the conundrum of someone who would just wholesale close down schools based on the racial makeup of their students, which would of course inundate their white schools with more minorities.

Something tells me that guy who says close down the black schools wouldn't welcome the doubling, tripling, etc. of black students at his or his kids' schools.