Convocation & Black Community

In freshman seminar the speaker went a totally different direction than i expected . In all the years i have been alive my parents and elders have told me about the dark days of segregation and how it impacted our people. I have been told how key people pioneered and made a way for our people. However , in all that talk of how we worked to get out of the situation no one ever told me about the benefits that segregation had.  He explained how it bought a sense of community to black people and how we looked out for one another. How we were each others teachers and motivators , how we stood by each other. However once segregation had ended , we lost that sense of togetherness that we once had.
In convocation the speaker spoke about the importance of black people and college being in one sentence. He made a few points that really made me ponder. He spoke about how our black men in particular need to be in college. Many people associate black men , with a a negative connotation . However our generation can be the ones to change that . If more black men and women alike would motivate themselves based on role models they see everyday , they too could be attending the greatest hbcu. The way we can make a diffrence is to be those teachers , pharmacists , biologists , and preachers that they see on a everyday basis. Soon the mindset will change and they will want to be like their role models and pursue higher learning wether it be this instiution or another. The future of african americans can very well be in our hands , and the question being posed is will we accept the responsibility,