Too White to Be Black

January 23rd, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

Young Black Professional Guide Too White to be Black The story of Bluefield State College is an interesting one. For those of you who don’t know, the historically black college is also a predominantly white institution.

An employee recently sued the college saying that too many leadership positions are overwhelmingly white.

The Chronicle of Higher Education reported,

“An employee of Bluefield State College has filed a racial-discrimination lawsuit against the West Virginia college, according to a report by WVVA, a local television station.

Rebecca Martin, who has worked at the college for more than 25 years, says that she was passed up for two positions, which went to white women.

The college, a historically black institution, has had trouble with discrimination charges in the past. In 1998 the college was ordered to reinstate a professor who said he had been harassed and fired after he criticized the racial composition of the college. At that time, the college was only 7 percent black and had recently fired its last black professor, although it was getting more than $1-million a year in federal funds as a historically black institution.”

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  1. Pingback by Highbrid Nation » Blog Archive » Bluefield State College, a majority white college, still collects Federal Funds for HBCU status on 24 January 2008:

    [...] white or black its the norm and they dare anyone to do anything about it.  Shout to Eugene over at YBP Guide for a heads up on this one.  Its a great blog by the way so you should add it to you’re [...]

  2. Comment by Candace on 24 January 2008:

    After reading this article and reviewing their website I am in Shock & Awe… there are no words that can explain my feelings on this but, WOW.

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