AFROCENTRICITY AND “THE DONORS”

It seems pretty clear that the new Howard University leadership has set itself on a path of “toning down” the Black thing—that is, Afrocentricity—so as to be more mainstream and thus more appealing to the “donors.” Who then, in the opinion of this new leadership, are these “donors”? Should not the alumni be the principal “donors”? And, if Howard University is still the “Capstone,” the premiere of the nation’s 105 HBCUs (historically BLACK colleges / universities), why would the embracing of Afrocentricity be offensive—that is, non-appealing—to them?