> "Why are you both acting like this conversation is about 'low income people' who 'ride bicycles to work to make barely above minimum wage?'" Because HBCUs ar

> "Why are you both acting like this conversation is about 'low income people' who 'ride bicycles to work to make barely above minimum wage?'" Because HBCUs are a gateway to the middle class for many low income people who come from generational poverty? It's an outlet for many first-time college students and those scraping toward the middle class. And the 'ride bicycles to work to make barely above minimum wage' is from both personal experience and the fact that the generationally poor are largely dependant on forms of transportation other than personal vehicles. > "It’s ignorant to turn every issue involving Black people into a discussion of inner city poverty. (And especially ignorant in the context of discussing HBCUs, as in this article, which are a pillar of the Black upper middle class.)" HBCUs are a pillar of the Black upper middle class, but the majority of students are still lower-income. So it's relevant to talk about low-income students.[1][2][3] [1] https://cmsi.gse.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/EMreport_R4_0.pdf https://cmsi.gse.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/EMreport_R4... (p. 11) [2] https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/10/01/more-economic-mobility-hbcus-report-says https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/10/01/more-ec... [3] https://archive.is/swhoh https://archive.is/swhoh