BEING BLACK AT PREDOMINANTLY WHITE COLLEGE

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[@MakeupbyLena23]

I hate when people say “you sound white” or “ you talk white” .. wtf does that mean like is it a crime to speak educated or more proper? Most people that makes those comments are not used to having professional conversations. Love this video tho ❤️

[@ulrickbell9409]

Exactly! Inteligence is not strictly for white people.

[@anwjuice]

Good is good and evil is evil. To many let the evil control them

[@Essays4College]

They say that because there are a lot of black kids and young adults who DON'T speak properly (at least the ones in the media). For example, try listening to the average hip hop song using proper English. It would sound strange.

[@SerG-ez2po]

If educated wouldn't mean lame for many black people, everything would improve.

[@vjamillion9140]

I hear I act white all the time. people call me a sellout, say I talk white because I have an extensive vocabulary. They call me uncle tom for my politics, white boy over my choice of music, etc. I just chose to no close myself off. Black and white isn't a race because the human race is the only race I belong to, but it really speaks more to a culture where customs, behaviors, and social norms. I just like what I like and I don't feel like I have to hide my intelligence to fit in with anyone. I'm cool by myself

[@JMontage]

Bro you’re already so good at this! And I love hear your perspective on this topic too. Respect

[@GyasiLinje]

That’s so good to hear thank you bro!

[@ZMDE]

A unique perspective, keep it up bro

[@GyasiLinje]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks bro

[@EliteGoddess1111]

Showing this to my 10 year old! Very important things to consider between a PWI & an HBCU

[@GyasiLinje]

That’s so great to hear, I’m glad you enjoyed hearing about my experiences!

[@supastylin06]

I know how it feels. I have been in a lot of places that I am the minority here in Brazil, including the tech industry. Nice video! Thanks for sharing your perpective.

[@goldglitter15channel]

Okay I loved this video! It was really cool to hear your perspective and I love how you approached the topic. Looking forward to seeing more content from you.

[@GyasiLinje]

Thank you so much I appreciate that you enjoyed my perspective!

[@Ivonnep24]

Just found your channel! Loved hearing about your topic. I got to UT Dallas, it’s very diverse but the majority of engineering and CS students are Asian or white. I’m Mexican and a CS major. I don’t see many Latinos or black students in my major. It’s awesome seeing minorities in this major!

[@510cookiemonster]

Ivonne a lot Latinos at my college in California doing CS. I guess it just depends where you live .

[@mryup6100]

@@510cookiemonster Yeah, in California there are a lot of Latinos that are CS majors.

[@MadXChemist]

I went to a PWI as an undergrad. and now at an HBCU as a grad. student. It’s a change that I don’t regret. First, my education is great and I’m glad to be here. Socially, I feel like I belong. My social life has increased dramatically. I’m getting a great education and having a great time. PWIs are mostly white and they single you out like you don’t belong. It’s not a good feeling. You’re an outsider. I’ll be getting my PHD at an HBCU. 😁

[@jodyssbbwgirl9946]

Put yourself out there, if your feeling insecure they or anyone will know it and the color of your skin does not and will not matter. I and millions of others will talk to anyone if they are willing to talk to us. Take that wall of color down, no use in having it, it will only isolate yourself.

[@albertowilliams959]

@@jodyssbbwgirl9946 and yet whites will continually treat us as outsiders and “too loud” despite this. Walk a mile in our shoes

[@Tootisepop]

@@jodyssbbwgirl9946 bitch it’s not that simple . Easy for you to say Bc you’re white , you get singled out on purpose and not everyone wants to be friends with people who are fake activists and then have racist ass Bf’s and their family members proudly raise the confederate flag

[@Tootisepop]

@@jodyssbbwgirl9946 “color of your skin does not and will not matter” 😕 when you’re not white it does matter . Fuck out of here with that bull shit

[@chrispittenger5859]

Great video! I really enjoyed your take

[@brandijohnson1326]

I feel you need to communicate with the world, get to know people from different backgrounds is a huge advantage

[@DevsLikeUs]

Great perspective!

[@bernardo6715]

Love your channel! Just one thing, I noticed you mentioned how you're glad you learned to speak "grammatically correct". I think it's worth pointing out that AAVE is not "grammatically incorrect", it has its own grammar rules that are different from SAE but it shouldn't be considered incorrect or improper if that makes sense, it just follows different rules. Anyways as someone studying CS I really enjoy your channel and I can see it growing a lot soon, keep up the good work!:)

[@ShantalRhodes]

Hey new subscriber here. this was a very nice video. Thanks for sharing your experience and congrats on almost graduating!! I found your channel when i was looking up the Sony a5100 and your video popped up. Glad I subscribed and hope your day was good one.

[@GyasiLinje]

Thank you so much I’m glad you found my channel, I hope you enjoyed your day as well!

[@nicholasconlon7364]

Great edits. Great points.

[@GyasiLinje]

Thank you!!

[@hiphopanon4855]

I’m looking into colleges currently (returning!) and I’m glad you touched on the language barriers and the “cool” conversations about what it means to be black but that’s one of the reasons I’m considering going to an hbcu. I find it a bit tiring to always be the only one in the room or having to explain things to my white friends or being recruited at my community college to represent the black student association and having it be my/our responsibility to “bridge the gap.” And then white people don’t even show up to the meetings, they show up to the events only. Then there’s always the question of “so is this for black people only? Why can’t we have a white student association? But what about white people?” I’ve been doing this from 5th grade up to 12th and the code switching (good to know) is exhausting and I’m sick of having to do it honestly. I was a part of a program called the African American Male & Female Summit where 20 individuals were hand picked to tour college campuses and get exposed to greater opportunities, panel discussions, career days etc. by my 11th grade year there was a change in the board of education for our county and we conveniently “lost funding” for the program so not only were resources cut but it was changed to the “multicultural summit” and the tours were no further than our local community colleges and pwi’s around the way and even the dynamic of the workshops changed. Less students attended, it was just all downhill. Back then I knew what it all meant but I still attended because if I’m handpicked obviously I’m not going to pass up a great opportunity but sitting in the workshops it felt... like just less. I felt less seen and more overlooked. I felt less like a person, less of a student, I felt like there was less opportunity, less of an investment, they cared less, I just felt like a number. It felt more like I was there to sit and listen to someone talk about themselves and their accomplishments vs being poured into. I keep seeing comments about insecurities and taking down that “color wall,” but regardless of whether somebody is insecure or not, no matter where we go; in the real world, we’re black first. So let’s not act like that doesn’t matter because it definitely does. (Hints to the reason why there’s HBCU’s are a thing🙂, the reason why there’s Black Student Associations at PWI’s and everything else for minorities, videos like this etc.) just saying🤷🏾‍♂️🙃.

[@albertowilliams959]

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[@sxpreme-2960]

We can expect this being blacks in a high demand stem field Even in highschool I was the only black PERSON in my Honors Chem Class

[@kingcrimson3073]

Nailed it. Same for me in HS and in college at UD too.doing computer engineering

[@camerons3097]

Basically how it is at my school. At least in my CS/Networking classes.

[@spacelyman9482]

I absolutley can relate to everything you talk about in this video bro. Some of these things you experienced can happen even at semi diverse colleges too bro. Are you Guyanese or something? I'm haitian and jamaican.

[@GyasiLinje]

Thank you for sharing! I’m not Guyanese, but my parents wanted to give me an African name.

[@spacelyman9482]

Gyasi Linje Oh I see. It's no problem bro. Your name sounds Guyanese or Trinidadian or something. Good luck with school my brotha. God willin I'll be done in one year with my masters in school couseling w'lpc. Young men of color need role models like us to make it in this world to give them hope so just keep pushing forward no matter what.

[@MrPipe007]

I haven't personally been in a classroom with other black men. If there were people in class, it's mostly Asian and white. Some times, I'll see a black female. However, I don't mind the lack of diversity; I just hate when people stereotype me because they think all of us act the same.

[@mauriceholden9238]

I experience my first culture shock when I transfer the University of Akron......Keep in mind I attended Cuyahoga Community College which was a predominately community black college. Lucky for me I had friends who I grew up with attended the same university as well, but it wasn't easy.

[@mauriceholden9238]

I know one thing I remember the Dean at U of Akron didn't want me to majoring in Engineering because he said that I wasn't smart enough and I should go into criminal justice. That was in the early 90s. I recently talk to a counselor at Akron and she thinks that I should change my major. That's why I'm kind of hesitant going back to Akron. Looking into Purdue and they care.

[@spacelyman9482]

Never go to a school where you feel the people can't relate to you. The majority of people have to look like you or you will have a hard time.

[@philmojii]

Great vid, thanks for sharing your thoughts on something that most people find touchy.

[@GyasiLinje]

I appreciate it thank you!

[@philmojii]

Bless 👊🏾

[@sxpreme-2960]

Well said

[@lolawhite5181]

I really cannot relate to going to college and being in culture shop. My first high school was mixed. There were a lot of different races and we really didn’t have any issues.

[@grayscar05]

HBCU undergrad, PWI grad was perfect for me ... I couldn't do PWI all my college career and I was able to experience the best of both worlds (sorta). And the biggest misconception about HBCUs are that they are all black and that's not true (especially for public HBCUs) ... the classrooms have many ethnicities and nationalities usually.

[@GyasiLinje]

Jss Pss that’s actually really cool to hear! For the most part I didn’t know that about HBCU’s.

[@grayscar05]

You should visit one, I'm in love with my HBCU. It's literally "A Different World". And this is coming form a black kid that was usually one of a handful of black kids in his advanced college preparatory classes

[@GyasiLinje]

I definitely would love to one day, thanks so much for the insight!

[@gracearjana248]

My 4 year old got into the two best schools in two different districts. One is PWI and the other is Majority black. I’m so torn, I don’t know which one to pick. Honestly, I feel in our culture we are exposed to a lot. So we grow up a lot faster than young white. So, I know my son might hear things and be exposed to a lot in his majority cultural (black) school. But, I feel like young white boys aren’t as adult acting as young black boys (past babysitter here). It’s like, they are actually young. All white schools bother me too. I don’t want him to be singled out. Outcasted…etc. Don’t want him to get in trouble more than others since he’s the only black student. Both schools are academically good. Just a matter of culture, exposure, etc. Everyone is saying send him to the majority white schools, so Idk. Any tips?

[@WildDragon144]

Yo, same university mate! I’m a writer working on a project that I’d like some help on. If you’d be cool with answering some questions on the issues you deal with on a daily basis I’d love to have a conversation, in the mean time I’ll be digging through some of your other videos. If you aren’t interest, now worries! Have a good one!

[@strawberrysundae771]

Love hearing your prospective on being bpack at a pwi what schpol did you graduate from?

[@GyasiLinje]

Ohio University!

[@AJ_Comelitty]

Whats dating like at a pwi for a black person?

[@mauriceholden9238]

Who had the better engineering school? Akron or Ohio U?

[@Essays4College]

Did he mention what school he attends?

[@ellona3645]

I live in Switzerland and I'm the only Asian at college. Sometimes it's hard. I personally don't feel like I belong fully.

[@unclethathurts]

2:15. I hear a Nigerian accent

[@kendonwoods3693]

What's your major sir...My major is geophysics

[@sosam2000]

Clapping cheeks on the daily

[@ulrickbell9409]

Ahhhh broo Bet

[@ceaser8999]

Shit I go to osu so I can relate. And I’m cs just like u so....

[@vonlobo]

Great video , keep the good work ;) We in Europe have the simmilar problem on fakultes ;) Its not abaut race , its abaut culture. There are so many diffrent cultures on small space in EU ;) But working whit everybody is a saluttion , not closing comunites ;) So i respect your way of thinking ;) Greatings from a white man ;p Ps ; sorry for my bad english , not my native language ;)

[@GyasiLinje]

No problem thank you for sharing this!

[@dhorton5367]

Hey bro how old are you? Great content BTW

[@GyasiLinje]

Thanks so much bro and 22!

[@DefSquadFan]

Are you Ghanaian or African of some sort?

[@LeonnaJones]

5:47

[@kreigrastalovich2577]

It's too easy to focus on the differences and make them a thing, and have people expect you to make them a thing. It's similar to blending with other people when you approach anything. Even giving it a name PWI highlights an expected problem. You'll find that among those "PWI" there will be a range of cultures also. Working class, rich, under privileged, different nationalities, but they're grouped together as white and labels such as PWI just because of their skin colour. It's not a great way of looking at things and it helps to keep the differences predominant in the minds of those that hope to keep them there for hundreds of years to come. I've found the in the majority, world working, the race with the most representation is Indian-Asian, then other Asian, then those we would consider white. It's all wrong to think about it that way. We're humans - if anyone ever asks you to fill in your race on a form, enter human - once that has been normalised, all this nonsense will pass. Someone will comment, yeah but you don't know our struggles - and man that's so patronising. If you're white and from a line of generational under privilege, you'll understand that too. If you're from. country that's non-black and the population were enslaved - you'll know about that, but you won't let it dominate you for hundreds of years to come. Similarly to people keep on harping about women's struggles, and you talk to a female colleague and she doesn't understand what they're on about, and she earns a little more than you. People are different everywhere, and there are a lot of commonalities among the massive differences - we're human. People won't like this but they have vested interests in you not liking it also.

[@carsonnewman6088]

I disagree. It’s hard to ignore differences and focus on similarities when you don’t fit in to any given environment. Additionally, when you say “make differences a thing” it sounds like differences in humans should be ignored and subverted, instead of celebrated. We are all different, that is reality, and that should be a positive thing. If we chose to ignore our differences and focus on our similarities, we are choosing to shut of parts of ourselves that make us unique, just for the sake of fitting into a sociocultural bubble. As we know, that doesn’t work, and leads to a lot of mental and physical harm amongst those who do it.

[@honkbalpoort]

Haaa, you use correct grammar so you're talking white. I just you figured out why the school is PWI !!

[@based256]

So you’re saying POC can’t speak good English? That’s kinda racist.

[@theinternetsavedmylife]

Oh the horror!! 😒

[@JoseGonzales-nr6ny]

He’s a fraud

[@predator-hunter-31]

You are not black or african-american bro. 2 continents......Africans did not sell Africans as slaves....find out where you come from brother. Ez

[@zionmoss820]

Predator-Hunter - he is black sir