Wikipedia's got a good overview on why "Historically Black Colleges and Universities" exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_and_univ

Wikipedia's got a good overview on why "Historically Black Colleges and Universities" exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_an... TL;DR, the reason why these exist is because of historical discrimination against black people in college admissions. While there is much less discrimination in admissions today then there was in, say, the early 1900's, these colleges still have a strong presence in the US today. And to your point, yes I think we all (or at least most of us) want to live in a world where we don't need race-based communities or institutions, but because our country still suffers from extreme race-based segregation and inequality, IMO it still makes sense to have these active support structures in place.