r/nextfuckinglevel • u/matori_tester • 2d ago

Billionaire speaker Robert F. Smith tells 400 graduates he's paying off all their student loans ($40 million in total)

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u/EdwardBigby 2d ago

I hope people don't take this the wrong way but as a non American I'm slightly confused why there's a college where everybody seems to be black (also an Asian lady sitting behind the speaker)

I assume it's in a mostly black area but is it a case of no white people applying for this college or the college not accepting any white people? Or maybe I'm just missing the white people

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u/YoRt3m 2d ago

Yeah I noticed that too. I checked their website and it seems like all the photos are of black people too. a bit weird I would say, even with historical context. I assume non-black can join tho, hard to believe it's discriminatory, but still weird and obviously the other way around would be more than just "weird"

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u/EdwardBigby 2d ago

Other commenter explained it. I had never heard of HBCUs

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u/YoRt3m 2d ago

Yeah me too. it makes sense. still, seperating people by color\race seems weird in modern days

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u/Raf-the-derp 2d ago

I get what you're saying but at the end of the day it doesn't matter tbh. I'm pretty sure there are predominantly white colleges all over America (BYU in Utah) .

Obviously if there were colleges that were promoted as "white only" that would be seen as a problem but that's because of our countries history .

My unpopular opinion is college clubs that are about race. For example the Hispanic club (I'm Hispanic) imo when you go to college and join those clubs it's like you don't want to leave your bubble

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u/probablytoohonest 2d ago

Any club is meant to be your bubble. It could be cheese club and people would join because they want to hang out with others who share their interest in cheese. Being interested in promoting and learning about one's heritage with others who share that heritage is not a problem. Jesus what am I still doing on Reddit

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u/Raf-the-derp 2d ago

Was moreso talking about what if I wanted to join one of those clubs? One of my friends is in the Filipino club it and they seem to go on nice events but I'd feel weird if I ask if I can join. Again, I said that's my unpopular opinion

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u/probablytoohonest 2d ago

Ah, I get that. Sounds like the problem is you're afraid to step out of your bubble. I shouldn't have assumed, be well