 Well, it is a great day to be alive So being black at a PWI hmm PWI is it stands for a predominantly white institution One of Marcus, how's it going? Yeah, there's there's one two Then there's me And that's all we have in this classroom and in every class for the most part So basically one of the biggest struggles of being Minority at predominantly white institution is that a lot of times you don't see people that Share the same I'd say like culture is you obviously you don't see a lot of people that look like you Which is why Marcus said there's a max of three a lot of my classroom They're the only African-American where it'll be like three of us adapting to the culture honestly coming to this University coming to college in general was a culture shock Especially like racially socially a lot in a lot of ways, but especially being a minority It makes it a lot tougher because I feel like I always have to like assimilate to by culture like that's why Marcus is like Imagine being white at an HBCU No, I know it's a vlog. Yeah for YouTube my YouTube channel Okay, so I just left geology lab probably the longest lab I've ever had this semester in geology But yeah, just iterating over what I was just saying earlier I mean, obviously are pros and cons to going to PWI as a minority But another one of the struggles that I feel like I face is just honestly a lot of times I feel like outside or looking in like I feel like I'm the one that always has to fit in even if it Isn't as a parent to the people that I'm around I think a part of that is because we all are Thanks, you go ahead you good you good being culturally different and That's that's okay I think I have an amazing opportunity to be able to educate people It's like being black the struggles that we face and I've had a lot of those really cool conversations with my friends Which is one reason why? Going to an institution like this is great all able to grow and just be able to learn from each other and use The experiences that we've had in life to become better better people and have better relationships with each other But I also think it's a pro because in the real world I'm not going to be always around like black people especially here in America. It's it's mostly white There are a lot of minorities, but especially in the tech industry. I want to say the tech industry is like no more than like Two or three percent black believe it or not. There's there is not I won't say a language barrier But one thing I noticed is that when I started doing computer science I noticed that there was some sort of like language barrier Between me and like my TAs of my professors and even like my fellow students so that challenged me to Expand my language because I grew up at a high school where we use a lot of slang So I people used to make fun of me they used to say I talk white But I'm so glad that I paid attention to the way I talked and made sure my grammar was Grammatically correct and the things I would say is grammatically correct because at the end of the day You want to be able to talk in front of anyone you want everyone to be able to understand what you're saying Don't get me wrong. There are a lot of times There are jokes or things that I would say People around me just like dude, what are you talking about? And I know if I was back home with my friends or just around black people they would totally understand what I'm saying So hungry. I've been in class since 940. You know what? I'm grateful to be here. I'm grateful to be alive and I'm just soaking it in because I'm gonna be graduating from college in four weeks I'm gonna miss all of this. I'm gonna miss all this hustle advantage of the scholarship opportunities So I am here on a scholarship for engineering and that's such a blessing like especially being at a school that cares enough about Minorities and understands that it's tough for minorities to give scholarships to them I think that's really important. So whatever like college decision You're trying to make think about the university and how much they care about you as a person whether you're a minority or not I think that's just something that I think that's a good characteristic of whatever See, I think it's important that we have these conversations thinking about race relations Having a diverse group of friends all those things I think are important to make our world come together as a whole and ultimately come it comes down to whether or not You care because everyone knows about the injustices that happen to All different races across this planet and ultimately it comes down to whether or not you care I know I do which is why I made this video Which is why I want to take those next steps and that's really all I have for you all today This is daily vlog number two Everyone stay blessed like subscribe share. That's all be woke. Have a blessed day. Peace