Column on HBCU scandals

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I will quote William Rhoden, a New York Times sports writer, author of 40 Million Dollar Slaves, Morgan State grad and a former Morgan State football player: "HBCUs are not perfect, far from it." I completely agree. Our schools have saints and sinners too. I will also say that most types of scandals and problems at HBCUs are not unique to HBCUs. They happen at all types of universities and include athletic recruiting violations, mismanagement, sexual abuse, and hazing to name a few.

This is not to excuse bad behavior at our schools. We cannot sugarcoat things. Rules, laws and ethics need to be upheld. Anyway, here is an article on some sex scandals.

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HBCU Scandals Don't Die, They Multiply
Dominica Dunbar Dessalines 08 Nov 2018

HBCU scandals don’t die, they multiply like vultures stalking a child starving child. Black misleaders prey on Black students and faculty for their own advancement. Pretending they represent autonomous Black institutions, independent values, and cooperative development, they are, on the contrary, an embarrassment in how they wield respectability politics to discipline Black youth for purported future success. These college leaders openly preside over bankrupt educational standards, sexual impropriety, theft of student’s financial aid, repression and misdirection of student activists in pursuit of personal wealth.

The heat is on. The Committee for Reconciliation and Truth at HBCUs (CRTHBCU) has put in a Freedom of Information Act request that the government records of financial monitoring of HBCUs be disclosed. Modibo Kadalie , the facilitator of this independent committee informs us, the federal government has sent a letter and told the appropriate office Marcia Boyd’s MSURSD (the Minority Serving and Under Represented School’s Division) to start disclosing these documents. A major step in the reconciliation process is exposing the ills that continue to plague HBCUs respectively.

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HBCU faculty have been involved in the rebellion. At times they have started it.

Here is an article on the late Dr. Charles Hines and Prairie View A&M University. Yes, his tenure was indeed rocky.

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Hines given $400,000 to quit Prairie View
Hines given $400,000 to quit PV
Texas A&M System regents approved a deal that allows the beleaguered universityPrairie View president to assist the interim leader without formal duties.
By Dale Lezon Published 5:30 am CDT, Thursday, May 30, 2002

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Hines, 66, had a rocky tenure at Prairie View. He often clashed with faculty members who claimed he retaliated against them for criticizing his administration's policies.

Hines denied retaliating against anyone, saying disgruntled employees complained about his efforts to make needed changes and closely monitor spending.
In a highly publicized incident, Prairie View physics professor Dennis Judd sued Hines last year, accusing him of retaliation and causing him to lose a $673,000 U.S. Energy Department grant. Judd had frequently said Hines allowed research grants to dwindle.

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