Speaker 1: On today's episode. If I didn't know, maybe you didn't either.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about HBCUs and PBIS. Now, for those that
Speaker 1: don't know HBCUs historically black colleges and universities, I knew
Speaker 1: all about those. I am a product of one Winston
Speaker 1: Salem State University six oh one MLK driving Winston Salem,
Speaker 1: North Carolina. However, I had no clue about PBIS predominantly
Speaker 1: Black institutions, HBCU, PBI. Look, if you think black education
Speaker 1: don't got acronyms, you're wrong. We got more letters than
Speaker 1: the alphabet. Suit. We ain't growing up, ain't it. I
Speaker 1: didn't know you no, I didn't know. I didn't know.
Speaker 1: I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. I
Speaker 1: didn't know. I didn't know. All right, Now, let's start
Speaker 1: with the HBCUs, They the ogs. These schools go way back,
Speaker 1: like before your grandma's grandma was even thinking about having kids.
Speaker 1: Back you did what I'm saying. First, one Cheney University
Speaker 1: eighteen thirty seven. That's right, Black folks was out here
Speaker 1: educating themselves when slavery was still happening. Imagine trying to
Speaker 1: study algebra when people out here trying to enslave you.
Speaker 1: Now that's some dedication. HBCUs were like, y'all don't want
Speaker 1: to send your schools. Cool, we'll build our own schools.
Speaker 1: And they did it big, Howard Spellman more House, HBCU Homecomings.
Speaker 1: You know the vibes. If you never been the one,
Speaker 1: you're missing out now. PBIS that's Donnie and Mark and
Speaker 1: Joey and Jordan them, you know, new kids on the block.
Speaker 1: Cause PBIS came later. They're like, we might not have
Speaker 1: the history, but we're here for the hustle. See. Pbis
Speaker 1: are schools located in urban areas where most of us live.
Speaker 1: And they said, listen, black students are here, We see you.
Speaker 1: Let's make this work. But pbis weren't always for us.
Speaker 1: Some of them started as regular old colleges and then
Speaker 1: looked around and said, oh snap, half our students as black.
Speaker 1: Guess we're PBI. Now. Now here's the thing. Both HBCUs
Speaker 1: and PBIS are here to lift us up. They're about
Speaker 1: helping us get degrees, build careers, and to help you
Speaker 1: stop having to ask for your mama's car. And both
Speaker 1: are cranking out black excellence. HBCUs gave us Martin Luther
Speaker 1: King Junior, Oprah and Chadwick Boseman pbi's are newers, so
Speaker 1: their alumni like, hey, we're still coming up right now,
Speaker 1: but we got next. Though. Although there are similarities, there
Speaker 1: are also differences. The big difference. HBCUs are about legacy.
Speaker 1: You walk onto an HBCU campus and it feels like
Speaker 1: a Black family reunion where everybody's a tt or un period.
Speaker 1: There's history in the air. Pbis they're about right now.
Speaker 1: They're like, what do you need? You need resources, you
Speaker 1: need scholarships, you need snacks. We got you, so we
Speaker 1: need both. Why Because racism doesn't take a day off.
Speaker 1: HBCUs are there to remind us where we've been, and
Speaker 1: pbis are there to make sure no one gets left behind.
Speaker 1: It's like a relay race. HBCU started it and pbis
Speaker 1: grabbed the baton stick. That what you say when somebody
Speaker 1: passing you the baton. I ran track a little bit
Speaker 1: in high school. It wasn't very good, but I know
Speaker 1: the jargon. You rep and fam you Winston, Salem, State, Howard,
Speaker 1: or some PBI in your city, just know this. These
Speaker 1: schools are for us, by us. They FUOBU schools And
Speaker 1: I didn't know maybe you didn't either.