Patriots tight end Benjamin Watson agrees that black athletes should consider leaving white colleges in order to attend historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), a stance first penned by The Atlantic‘s Jemele Hill.
“She had some great points,” Watson told Fox News host Laura Ingraham during a segment on “The Ingraham Angle” Monday night.
Ingraham, however, clearly disagrees.
After Watson details why the proposal raises an important point — a large racial wealth gap exists and having black athletes attend HBCUs could help pump necessary revenue into deserving communities — Ingraham equates the idea to re-segregation.