Now comes word that during a meeting with Black Michigan leaders on Thursday, Trump is mulling bringing a new historically Black college to Detroit after prompting from a state elected official.
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To make it make sense, one must turn to the mastermind behind the idea, Michigan Rep. Karen Whitsett, D-Detroit, who is looking to boost value to her city via a new higher learning that aims to educate Black students, Atlanta is the Blackest city in America by percentage.
“I would love to see a historically black college in the city of Detroit, and I think you’re just the president to do it,” she said during a roundtable discussion.
News of the meeting was quickly met with backlash on social media, namely due to the lack of historical context around a “new” Black college.
Even by federal definition, Rep. Whitsett’s plan cannot be introduced, as historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU’s) are those established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to the U.S. Department of Education, and the Higher Education Act of 1965.
