Because Quote by William Julius Wilson

If white people need colleges to furnish teachers, ministers, lawyers, and doctors, do black people need nothing of the sort?

— W. E. B. Du Bois

Once I had a professor say to me, "You know you have as much education as a lot of white people." I answered, "Doctor,…

— Joycelyn Elders

There are so many reasons, but a big reason is that the literary world is simply too white. When there are more professors of…

— Porochista Khakpour

Historically black colleges and universities are incredibly important institutions woven into the fabric of America. They have played such an important role in achieving…

— Donald Trump

Whites have more than eleven times the net worth or wealth of African Americans. They make greater salaries. Our unemployment rate is twice theirs.…

— Randall Robinson

In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequently heard that Black women are more easily hired…

— Audre Lorde

A well-educated black has a tremendous advantage over a well-educated white in terms of the job market. I think sometimes a black may think…

— Donald Trump

While HBCUs may only represent 3% of the nation's colleges and universities, they produce 50% of black teachers and 80% of black judges and…

— Laphonza Butler

I would love to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual advantage.

— Pope Francis

I'm the only tenured black faculty in the sciences at Columbia, in the middle of Harlem.

— Carl Hart

In America, many marginally competent or flatly incompetent whites are hired every day -some because their white skin suits the conscious or unconscious racial…

— Shelby Steele

African American students have less access to algebra and more access to seclusion and restraint than do their white peers. The significant disparity in…

— Chaka Fattah