So What Are YOU Doing to Change it?

There was one thing that became a blatant eye opener to me from the time I first set foot into the Thurgood Marshall School of Law on the campus of Texas Southern University; a lack of pride. I came to TSU on my own accord among other schools particularly for my own personal need to get away, but also because of the love that I had felt for the five years I spent at Southern. I had been told by many people that all HBCUs have that same sense of comradery like what I experienced at Southern, and I did see it at TSU, well on the undergrad side at least. At TSU I met many different personalities and people that were down for the cause and actually bled maroon and grey. However, once you cross Tierwester, the attitudes of TSU's students change. The comparison between each of the attitudes can actually be seen on blog postings. I would like to offer for review the blog of a former Ms. Texas Southern University (http://savethetigers47.blogspot.com) as compared with an alumni of the law school (http://ibedamn.blogspot.com).

On Save The Tigers, you can see the thoughts of a concerned alumni who expresses the pride that comes with being proud to say that one attended that school. While her blog may stir some people up, she is just expressing her opinion of recent matters that have affected the university and using her blog as the gateway to her expressions. She has not resorted to childish bantering or name-calling when she disagrees with the administration of the university, and shows a maturity level far beyond her years.

Compare that with I Be Damn in which a former law student sits and talks about the current administration of Texas Southern University while neglecting to offer any realtime solutions for the problems that have been experienced. My momma always told me that family business is best when kept in house, but I guess this person was not privy to a similar upbringing because they insist on airing the dirty laundry of TMSL. The person even remarks about TMSL's low bar passage rate, and the dirty looks they receive when they tell others that they were educated at Thurgood for law school. I wonder if they even wanted to go to TSU in the first place?

But such is the beauty of HBCUs in my opinion, they all have their problems just like any PWI, but it is my opinion that if we actually had alumni like most PWIs have, then we would be able to better resolve the issues that alumni have with administration as well as help current students with their plight in receiving their education and the collateral matters that come along with that. I mean damn, I get the same dirty looks when I say that I attended TSU for law school, and I also failed the bar. Does that make me any less of a lawyer? THe time has come for us to stand up and embrace where we went to school, like it or not. Because until people get to know us personally, they will always let our affiliations define us. If you aren't willing to help change it, then you should just politely shut what they call the fuck up!