I'm not going to get into the "preconceptions involved" with HCASC. Except to say that competitions among HBCUs and HBCU students are commonplace in many fields (athletics, artistic, performance). Within a world that has a Coca-Cola black college golf championship (that sponsored by Coca-Cola) and a Bayou Classic and Dodge SWAC Football Championship game (both preclude participation in NCAA 1-AA playoffs), HCASC is not the exception to an otherwise fully integrated universe. The HCASC is "a relic of the earlier days" of the 1980's. It existed then, as it does today, because it has a corporate sponsor willing to underwrite the significant costs of the competition. If any other quiz format in college or HS was viewed as a desirable corporate sponsorship opportunity, as General Electric, Panasonic, and Texaco once believed, then IMHO similar tournaments and championships would currently exist. Furthermore, I don't think anyone today (or even in the past) thinks that the HBCU students are unable to compete with other students. I believe that CBCI and Honda felt that the HBCUs themselves could not (or would not) be able to fund quiz programs with the financial resources required to compete in (then) College Bowl and (later) circuit tournaments. Perhaps a few could, but not the 60+ that participate in HCASC. This distinction between the institutions and the individual students is crucial and should not be confused. oilbaronsball <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote: However, I do have a problem with some of the preconceptions involved with this tournament. The biggest one is that people who attend HBCUs are not capable of competing at the same level as those people at ordinary colleges and universities. Has it been proven that this is the case? Or is the Honda competition a relic of the earlier days of CBI (1950s and 1960s) when discrimination against people based on the color of their skin was widespread and socially acceptable? Relics have a way of disappearing when they have outlived their usefulness. For example, Radcliffe College has been integrated into Harvard University, and the Negro Leagues disappeared 15 years after Major League Baseball opened the doors to black players. Those of you who would point out that the Honda competition is an example of diversity may have to help me out, because that tournament does not look very diverse to me. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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