Why do reporters always use the word "historically" before the words black collages?

Question

They always do this.

Answer 1

Lets face it, if it's a racially segregated institution, it's racist, unless of course, it's "historically black." It's that word, "historical," it is supposed to lend legitemacy and make it more acceptable and even paletable. Can you just hear the screaming if it were an "historically all white" school? Doesn't work, does it. And by the way Magic... For the record, it's only illegal if they accept public funding ie, tax dollars. So, Tuskege and Tulane, they can discriminate all they like and there's nothing you can do. Certainly the NAACP and the ACLU won't help a white or say an American Indian get in... So many bleating sheep...

Answer 2

In the United States, Historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) are colleges or universities that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the African American community. There are more than 100 historically black colleges in the United States, located almost exclusively in the southern and eastern states. Four HBCUs are located in the midwestern states (two each in Missouri and Ohio), while one is in the Virgin Islands.

Conversely, many institutions that were founded (or opened their doors to African Americans) after Brown v. Board of Education, a U.S. Supreme Court case which outlawed racial segregation of public education facilities, now count African Americans as a large part of their student body; however, by definition they are not historically black colleges. Chicago State University is a good example of this phenomenon.

Answer 3

Because those schools were exclusively for black students in the days of segregation. However, in this era of integration, it would be illegal for those schools to deny admission to a non-black student. Therefore, in the interests of journalistic accuracy (an oxymoron at times!), it is correct to label the school as a "historically black college"

Answer 4

Because they don't want to be accused of stereotyping anything black. They qualify their statements with words like "historically" and "Research shows". That way they circumvent any possibility of someone suggesting they're a racist.

Answer 5

they are defining the college as a college that in the past had a majority of black students.

Answer 6

Because some collages change color over time, due to things like light exposure or pieces falling off.