“As far a competition goes, you can compete better if you are challenged more, if you are in a situation where people are like you, you don’t grow as much. When you are in a situation where you are always looked at as the minority you have to work harder, and when you go out to work in the world, you’re always going to have that mindset. 

At a PWI there are people that don’t look like you as much and you do have to work a little bit harder. HBCU’s were founded by people who looked like them and they were going out into a world that didn’t want to accept them, so HBCU graduates still have to work hard. In college you have to work hard, period. HBCU graduates don’t feel like they’re lacking anywhere because they went to an HBCU and are interacting with people that look like themselves.”

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