In a recent episode of ABC’s black-ish, the two main characters got into a heated debate familiar to many African-American parents of college-age children: Should their son go to an HBCU?

Dre, played by Anthony Anderson, pushed hard for their nerdy son, Junior, to attend Howard University. But Dre’s wife, Bow, disagreed, she said, because years of their son’s being an insufferable nerd got Junior accepted to what she considered a better option: Stanford University.

That meant he could stay closer to their home in Los Angeles, but implicit in Bow’s preference is the prestige and resources that come with a well-regarded, predominantly white institution.

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