Wendy Williams got in hot water for comments she made last week that downplayed the importance of HBCUs. During her hot topics segment, she veered off on a bit of an odd tangent while talking about Jesse Williams' speech at the BET Awards.

"I would be really offended if there was a school that was known as a historically white college. We have historically Black colleges," she said.

She went on to question the necessity of racial justice organizations like the NAACP.
"What if there was a National Organization for White People Only."

The next day Williams went on Air and described the controversy as a "misinterpretation" of her words.

Many people were outraged about Wendy's faux pas. Political commentator Roland Martin took her to task on his morning show on TV One. "If you actually bothered to read a book, you might know these things," he said.

Martin's words got to Williams. The two had a telephone conversation, and she invited him on her show to  discuss the disagreement.


Williams ate crow immediately. "I want to apologize to everyone that I might have offended regarding my remarks...I was wrong."

Martin went on to give a brief history lesson of both HBCUs and state violence.

During his remarks at the All Women's Convocation back in September, Lincoln University President Robert R. Jennings expressed some troubling ideas about women and sexual assault.

NPR reports on the work being done on HBCU campuses across the country address sexual assault. A major study found that fewer incidents of sexual assault are reported on HBCU campuses, and only one HBCU, Morgan State University, was listed among the 70 schools the Department of Education is investigating for mishandling sexual assault cases.

Alexis Small created her YouTube series "College Daze" to inspire young people to attend HBCUs. Her channel features a variety of clips on a wide range of topics, but this homage to Spike Lee's classic dance party scene featuring a soundtrack by E.U. will have you shaking a tail feather reminiscing about your days on the yard.