In the Debate Over HBCUs v. PWIs, Why I Followed Cliff and Clair to A Different World

In the Debate Over HBCUs v. PWIs, Why I Followed Cliff and Clair to A Different World

I was the black girl at the lunch table full of Asian and white girls. The “uppity” one, some black folks said, “too good” to sit with the few other black students in the cafeteria. The only black girl in an Advanced Placement class. The quiet band nerd, one of a few marching black dots on a football field of 300+ horn-tooting musicians.