Good morning again. Good morning again. Were going to continue with our program. Our panel is called culture and family, but i think we could use that as a point of did he part ture. I think culture and family could be considered one answer to the problem of African American poverty and its persistent. And im going to ask our panel to reflect broadly on that with some focus on cultural and family but not exclusively on that. We have a very distinguished panel, on my far left on my mar left is gene dattel who is the author of a powerful new book called reckoning with race, americas failure. He grew up with the mississippi delta and has been surrounded by africanamerican poverty his whole life and is perplexed by it. Anthony bradley from Kings College say distinguished faculty member there and the author of the director of the center for human flower risching, chair of the religious and Theological Studies Program and the author of the book blook and tired liber brating black theology. A
The university’s public affairs school published poll results criticizing university leaders, who then insulted the poll’s methodology. The school fired back. An unusual war of words has broken out between Virginia Commonwealth University and one of its own schools over the validity of public opinion polling that criticized the university for a costly failed project.
“The university is dedicated to supporting academic freedom, even in instances in which it disagrees with content,” VCU said in a statement released minutes after the poll’s results were disseminated Monday.
Rectifying the sins of the past isn’t just about reforming the criminal justice system, restoring voting rights, or updating what’s taught in history classes. It’s also about capital appreciation and wealth-building — those who have access to it, and those who don’t.
As enrollment drops at many Virginia higher educa- tion institutions, the state’s two public historically Black colleges and universities offer a bright spot, with steady student increases.
However, a historical lack of funding for HBCUs and financial resources for their students is causing concern among policymakers and graduates.