How would this impact historically black colleges? In any case I do not feel ready to support a final vote on this bill yet.
Are there many non-African American students even applying to HBCs? I don't imagine it would have that big of an impact.
Would inclusion of a carve out for HBCs be enough to secure your support for the bill?
It would move me from a certain No vote to merely a very undecided voter who might go aye, nay, or even present.
This bill inspires a set of very mixed feelings. I like its elegance and simplicity but I'm not sure it goes too far or not. Taking steps like banning legacy admission and all - radical step, one I'm not sure how to feel about it overall. At the same time, we aren't Lincoln and so there are no Ivy League institutions within our borders, so it's not...as...radical in impact.
An HBC carveout would help massively in at least assuring me that it wouldn't hurt HBCs as unintended collateral damage. I respect the egalitarian spirit of the bill to be clear, I just wonder if this specific bill is really the best vessel for that being incorporated into the law.
