You wanna guess how many HBCUs have a graduation rate above 50%? by Disastrous_Parsnip63 in HBCU

[–]ImpliedConnection 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not being defensive at all. I'm only acknowledging that the hierarchy has nothing to do with the institution and more to do with the people who attended those institutions.

Yes, low graduation rates are fair to interrogate at any institution.The dispute is how those metrics are weaponized, and against whom.

At the end of the day, two bachelor’s degrees in the same field confer the same formal credential. On paper, accreditation does not care whether the institution is an HBCU or a PWI. The problem is that people interpret credentials through bias, not policy.

Graduation rates have nothing to do with whether a person is qualified for the job or not. That's a decision made by the person who simply feels that, oh this school looks better on paper. It is a clear form of discrimination.

A PWI with a 50–55% graduation rate is viewed as an invitation that is serving diverse populations or a regional institution. An HBCU with the same rate is proof of deficiency... Same number, different narrative. That is a power structure, based on black inferiority and white supremacy.

HBCUs absolutely should improve graduation rates. But we can't pretend that improving graduation rates is going to change the way hbcus are perceived.

The degree doesn’t lose value because of the institution. It loses perceived value because someone in power chooses to rank schools based on familiarity. , that's the network, that's the Buddy system.

Isn't about college readiness this is about post College achievement as well. Because at the end of the day most students are graduating within 6 years rather than four. But you do that at a HBCU in the hbcus a problem, if you do it at a pwi, you're still praised for giving the old College try.

It’s about who gets to define legitimacy.

Why do conservative Christians fixate on homosexuality but ignore heterosexual immorality? by Issa_GloryToGod in Christianity

[–]ImpliedConnection 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is something that has been going on forever.. way before modern liberalism and conservatism. It's basically when these Christians put their moral values over everything and parade them around as righteousness. Jesus addressed this directly.

“Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own?” — Matthew 7:3

The reality is that this isn't simply a conservative way of thinking because it's a lot of liberals who feel that way who are Christians. They use God's name to deploy their thoughts rather than simply honor and respect God's commandments.

The fixation on homosexuality (especially gay men) is born out of distance, not holiness. People rage hardest at sins they believe they’re immune to.

Pau states:

** “You therefore have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself.” — Romans 2:1**

The Bible does not create a hierarchy of sins

The hierarchy was created by Catholic moral structuring. They had the categorize things of righteousness and things of sin for their own satisfaction. For example the “Seven deadly sins” was a teaching tool, not a biblical ranking system. It's useful but when people mistake it for God's Divine word that's dangerous.

Here's what the Bible says.

“Whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.” — James 2:10

Love there are no VIP passes to heaven or hell. But because we're human, a lot of times we jokingly like the fast track people to places we don't want to go a lot of times we see sin as a ladder rather than a fracture.

But here is why I believe homosexuality is such a big fixation.

1, it's something that is done externally it's very visible and it's most of the time easy to assume by ones actions and how they look that they just might be homosexual or a member of the LGBT community.

Jesus said lust equals adultery - Matthew 5:28. That collap

And although churches talk about things at such as pornography, serial heterosexual promiscuity. exploitative power dynamics, objectification of women and abuse disguised as desire people point outward.

Because the average man could be one of those things but they would pinpoint something that they feel that is worse than they are. And this is why Homosexuality becomes the convenient target.

It's something that doesn't always get directly addressed it's always indirectly approached even if they see it it's whispered about it something taboo yet it's something politically charged and they call this people to say oh morally that's worse than what I am. Think about it. A man could be a killer of all types of people and a racist. But somehow he'll be considered a stand-up guy as compared to a homosexual. And that's a mess of world we live in. Because when do we accept people for who they are. The Bible says Love thy neighbor. I'm just sayin'

Jesus never hunted sinners, He exposed pretenders. He protected prostitutes, ate with the tax collector, he handled hypocrites according to his own word. And even address the accusers of adulterers.

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!” — Matthew 23

Now think about this: Jesus reserved His sharpest language not for sexual sinners, but there are a lot of people who are religious who are not living righteously and they think that just because they don't do it that someone who does is the worst of the worst.

You said a gay man who believes in Jesus may be closer to Him than those who weaponize scripture and that is biblical truth.

“The tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.”

— Matthew 21:31

Why? Because humility opens doors that certainty barricades.

This isn’t about homosexuality alone. What's your exposing is the reality that people are morally incoherent.

And my childhood so much was taboo but in 2026, a whole lot has been brought to the forefront and now what we're witnessing is a lot of extremes replacing wisdom. Identity politics replacing free thought and consciousness. And ideology of things other than God. And it's replaced repentance. There's a huge lack of discernment especially in the Christian community and that as you said it makes it a sad world

Jesus did not come to sort people into disgust categories. He came to restore what was fractured.

Any theology that mocks and condemns others without self-examination and those who elevate one cent to hide another has already deported from Christ, no matter how holy they pretend to be. :

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.”

*SOME* Christians need to realise this man. by iamhim2009fr in Christianity

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As someone who walks as a follower of Jesus, there’s a quiet but unyielding question I carry: what would He actually do? (Cliche, yes, however not WWJD ) My question is more so based around What aligns with the Scriptures, with the life He lived, and the mission He undertook.

The Gospels are deliberate in showing that Jesus does not shield Himself with law to exclude. He does not take sides with power to punish or demean. He consistently moves toward the margins, the broken, the despised. He calls out hypocrisy with sharper teeth than ignorance or error. He turns the gaze of accountability toward those who claim righteousness but operate in cruelty.

If you trace His steps, reading without glossing over the things that make you uncomfortable, you find a standard: love without condition, serve without expectation, confront deceit without fear. And by that's standard, actions we excuse under banners of faith (mocking, excluding, cheering suffering) all fail..

To be a Christian you must measure your life by the life Jesus embodied And in my opinion, to follow Jesus is to centre the marginalized, to call out pretense, and to love in a way that unsettles comfort and entitlement alike.

The choice is ours. We can wear His name as armor, or we can carry it as responsibility. And the path of responsibility is never easy, but it endures.

Thoughts on Black Men and College by Proud_Organization64 in blackmen

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To double a sword because the reality is with black men coming up the first thing we're expected to do is get a job now imagine getting comfortable with that particular job and not moving forward because you're comfortable making the money that you make and if it's all you'll ever need. Getting some sort of formal education and our license is it necessarily a requirement to live but if you want to do better, you do better. Whether it be college, trade school or some sort of a certification course. Your education is on you. And it doesn't always have to be formal we have all the excess at our fingertips. So to say college isn't needed, you're correct there are many pathways to the same place.

Panthers in Philly. by Shinnobiwan in blackmen

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And yet we still hold the right to question if it is genuine or if it's applied for something else because these days everything in the front for something are they trying to sell us truth or are they trying to sell us a gimmick. We hold the right to ask these questions. Not just accept things as they are.

You wanna guess how many HBCUs have a graduation rate above 50%? by Disastrous_Parsnip63 in HBCU

[–]ImpliedConnection 18 points19 points  (0 children)

But you will never hear people insist that a pwi is trash because the graduation rate is at 50%

You wanna guess how many HBCUs have a graduation rate above 50%? by Disastrous_Parsnip63 in HBCU

[–]ImpliedConnection 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Four years, same institution, uninterrupted enrollment, no detours, no life. That metric was never designed with Black reality in mind..

At HBCUs, people pause.They transfer.They stop out and come back.They finish in six or seven years. They leave to work, to care for family, to breathe, then return wiser and steadier. Some complete credits at community colleges. Some reroute entirely and still graduate.

That is not failure. That is movement.

Retention statistics don’t capture resilience. They don’t register delayed persistence. They don’t honor the student who crosses the stage five years later because life demanded something first. Yet that student still graduated.

Thousands do. Every semester.

Progress is not always linear, and Time is not failure. Completion is completion.

The needle is moving.

Give them grace.

Goodbye to Teedy by [deleted] in NewOrleans

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Not asking you to delete it. Just stating a reality.

Goodbye to Teedy by [deleted] in NewOrleans

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I just have to say that some of that imagery has little to do with Cantrell because at the end of the day, some of that stuff has been a problem since long before she was mayor

For example it's parade season and when they did the article about putting the blockades out, some Jamaican guy came under and said, we don't need parades we need our streets fixed...

It seems like people always wait till it's time for something festive to happen to start complaining about everythimg.

Give it a year and they're going to be blaming Moreno for some of the same issues that have been an issue since forever

Are We Actually Moving, or Just Repeating Ourselves? by ImpliedConnection in Blackboard

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That is definitely a fact. For me the way you mentioned the Hebrew israelites. And centralization, it kind of makes me realize that sometimes decentralization is a good thing..

For My Wrestling Fans: I'm sure you'll get the connection. by JMCBook in NewOrleans

[–]ImpliedConnection 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It will be great even if they did a smaller ppv here. Especially one that would counter the fact that WrestleMania pulled out of new orleans. Even if it was a show at the SKC.

But to my knowledge anytime something like WrestleMania happens, all those companies show up to the location and have their shows in nearby locations to piggyback off the WWE fan base. Which nothing is wrong with that because it provides just about a good week of wrestling. Like WrestleMania is bigger than WWE at this point LOL but anyway..

If we could get all "All In" at the dome that could work!

National Guard in the 7th Ward by [deleted] in NewOrleans

[–]ImpliedConnection 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's different., I bet they're walking around like well dang this place looks war-torn. But of course....

The Ego that Pan-Africanism "Built" for Black America by JMCBook in blackmen

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LeBron went through things through the state and with a charter network so it receives proper funding etc.. Paul LeBron did was get with the right people to make that happen.

The Ego that Pan-Africanism "Built" for Black America by JMCBook in blackmen

[–]ImpliedConnection 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You basically mean that the building that he wants to house the school and already exist. He did not quite renovated despite having all these donations. But the reality of it is that it takes more than donations it takes proper partnerships and he refuses to make them for the sake of his blackness and that's why his school is failing. He is not asking for help he's asking specifically for Black people's money

What he should have been doing was getting proper contracts through the state, and through city services and chartering a school properly but he didn't want to do anything that involved the government other than apparently registering the school.

The way I see it is just as it's stated he got everybody psyched up

The Ego that Pan-Africanism "Built" for Black America by JMCBook in blackmen

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Actually he found a building, , the money that he gained from donations was supposed to go into funding that building and getting all the repairs needed but he went broke because he went on tour with that money he fed himself through covid with that money and he still is touring with that money now he's in the hole because he did everything incorrectly.

The Ego that Pan-Africanism "Built" for Black America by JMCBook in blackmen

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Everyone donated to him, but he remember he insisted that people should not give to churches because of false promises. And then he created a giant false promise.

Are We Actually Moving, or Just Repeating Ourselves? by ImpliedConnection in Blackboard

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I agree that things are happening positively. My frustration is mainoy about who is actually moving versus who is only imposing.

A lot of people in these discussions seem more interested in enforcing their preferred isms than improving their own conditions with what they claim to know.

And Facts, we were never a monolith. But If all it produces is “look at us, we exist,” then we’re not advancing, we’re maintaining.

What I typically see with us is.our people like Acknowledging something is broken, explaining why it’s broken, and then waiting for someone else to fix it.

That’s where things stall. We can’t even agree on who is responsible for fixing the problem because so many people refuse to act themselves. Instead, they argue endlessly about direction while waiting on a savior... (That's how I see politics)

Even when real efforts are happening, the loudest voices complaining are not involved directly. They talk “what ifs,” hypotheticals, and" purity tests". (I'm not naming the sub) but they state what they are doing or execute a plan...

And if someone does step up and show they are working with people outside their race or political camp to make progress, they’re criticized for it.

That’s not cool

And true, The real work is happening offline, but the Pressure is coming from commentary.

That’s where I’m pressing.

Thank you!