Is it Wrong for Someone Who is Not Black to be Crowned the Queen of an Historically Black College???

Posted on October 16th, 2009 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: For Discussion, For Your Information, News

With so many people outraged about Nikole Churchill being crowned Ms. Hampton University, is it really right for people to be mad that she is not African-American and carrying this title???

Almost twenty years, for six years straight, UNC Chapel Hill (predominantly white university) had six different African-American women carrying the title of homecoming queen. These women went through the same thing that Nikole is going through now. The students at UNC would call the queens racial slurs, slash tires and more and this was all because the students didn’t feel that those women represented what their school stood for even though they were students just like everyone else.

So with that being said… is it okay for people to be upset about Nikole not being black and carrying the title of Ms. Hampton University and also representing the school in the Ms. Virginia Pageant???

***Click on the Images Below for the article from Jet Magazine about the 6 Black Homecoming Queens***

« Previous Story Next Story »

Stories We Like

COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ARTICLE:

152

I AM LEGEND (Fuck It Raiders Suck But NBA Is Starting Go LAKERS) 10/16/09, 08:46:AM

whores
shut your bloodclot crying, the kid ,the dog ,everybody 's dyin, no lyin' 10/16/09, 08:46:AM

It was probably done on purpose for publicity.
I AM LEGEND (Fuck It Raiders Suck But NBA Is Starting Go LAKERS) 10/16/09, 08:47:AM

This is pathetic
The fwesh pwince™ 10/16/09, 08:48:AM

Is it wrong? No. But, I don’t think it’s about race.
copycat 10/16/09, 08:49:AM

I plead the 5th…y’all on some old bullshit.
aleximaq 10/16/09, 08:49:AM

She only goes there because 1. she thinks shes screwed enough Negros to count as being Black and 2. Her tuition is paid up because she is a “minority”…..SMH
Rihanna's sharp n pointy witchy fingernails took the oath 10/16/09, 08:50:AM

when there’s a first black this or that, it’s okay…? we are a humble people. let that girl be the first white whatever…
E$ 10/16/09, 08:52:AM

She good enough to go to school there, she can win a Pageant. Black folkz being racist is not a good look
Yeah it's me! 10/16/09, 08:52:AM

AL Sharpten will you please get on this??? Folks give it a minute our speaker AL will take care of this!!!!!!!!!!
Rod 10/16/09, 08:54:AM

If the person that wins meets whatever standards are placed then there should be no problem at all. She is a student there just like everyone else so why not. And with her going to a black school they can not say she won with the white vote. So if enough of the students that voted thought it was ok then so be it. I bet the only ones that did not like it are the people that she beat and the ones that did not vote for her.
MrTavMarie 10/16/09, 08:55:AM

She doesn’t enough ass. If it was a Kim Kardashian type, they’d let this sh*t slide by…
I AM LEGEND (Fuck It Raiders Suck But NBA Is Starting Go LAKERS) 10/16/09, 08:58:AM

I know its not the guys thats hatin on her its them jealous ass black whores….All the dudes is like tryin to fuck so they can add Ms. Hampton to the mantle..Black whores be hatin on everything walkin
Fk 10/16/09, 08:58:AM

i can’t see where they coming from but then again it’s 2009 and now we have a black president in the white house. things are changing hopefully for the best!!
Nique 10/16/09, 08:59:AM

From my understanding she doesnt even go to the main campus-so therefore she doesnt represent them.
MAINE 10/16/09, 09:00:AM

Who gives a f*** why does everone try to make a issues about race all the time. If she won then she won.
jay 10/16/09, 09:03:AM

Nikole Churchill won and that should be it if this was the other way around everyone would say thats racist.
lawd da mercy 10/16/09, 09:03:AM

Just like a nigga to tear up the floor looking for a white brawd and ignore all the black beauty right up in their face! boo
Screwston, TX 10/16/09, 09:03:AM

No I don’t think it’s wrong. Would it be wrong for a black female to be crowned at an historically white university?
dumbish 10/16/09, 09:04:AM

1) Its a historically black college
2) The students didn’t vote on this
3) Why did they have judges that may have not attended the school?
With these factors i can understand the students feelings about this girl. Now Hampton being what it is used to only allow Black people in who were no darker than a paper bag so the older people that went their have a eurocentric view point on beauty. They may want to consider allowing the student government start voting on the judges of these compititions so no one can complain. This goes for all schools. The students clearly did not have a voice on this and that is where their outrage comes from.
Plagueis The Wise 10/16/09, 09:05:AM

If she won, she won. If the shoe was on the other foot and white people were mad about a black girl winning a pageant, everyone would be screaming racism. Those things are won by vote, obviously her peers think she was the woman for the position.
Cool Breeze 10/16/09, 09:05:AM

If she was qualified and approved by the panel then what the hell. Just because it’s a HBCU doesn’t mean a white person can’t win anything. What yall want? If we can have them on our sports team and we win a championship, we hve to give it back cause we had white people on the team. Come on people, Dr. King said we should be fair to all-not just blacks.

“I Keeps It Real”
I AM LEGEND (Fuck It Raiders Suck But NBA Is Starting Go LAKERS) 10/16/09, 09:06:AM

I wonder if a princeton or yale or anywhere else would be able to get away with calling themselves a historically white university?? even tho its pretty much the truth
drenk 10/16/09, 09:08:AM

she was good enough to have her money taken by the school shes good enough to win the title and represent the school
AreYouSerious? 10/16/09, 09:09:AM

Ummm how many BLACK SISTERS DO YOU SEE WIN A DAMN AMERICAN BEAUTY PAGEANT>?????
my point exactly….a sister should have MOST certainly won that.
MANMISSMEWITHTHATBULLCRAP 10/16/09, 09:10:AM

WHO CARES? CAN A BLACK WOMAN BE MISS AMERICA? IT’S A PRE-DOMINANTLY WHITE NATION.
Infinit45 (I love a women in heels) 10/16/09, 09:11:AM

Congratulations on Nikole. I’m sure all the judges were black. I’m also sure they took into consideration if she won there would be controversy. It’s apparent they made their choice based on her meeting/exceding the requirements and not based on race or what people would say.

Oh, and she’s probably more black than many of them with the name “Nikole”…hahaha!
I AM LEGEND (Fuck It Raiders Suck But NBA Is Starting Go LAKERS) 10/16/09, 09:12:AM

the last black miss america was like a few years ago
Plain Jane 10/16/09, 09:13:AM

We can’t have it both ways black people!! If we want to be treated equally, then we have to do the same for other people. Earlier this year at Kentucky State University (an HBCU), a white student won homecoming queen or Miss KSU (can’t remember which) and it was the same situation, where black students felt she shouldn’t have won because of her color. To me, it makes us look very bad because we want justice for discrimination against us, but we do the same to other races. How do we justify that??
num1dominicano 10/16/09, 09:13:AM

I bet the niggas there aren’t complaining…
bobby 10/16/09, 09:16:AM

IMHO,I don’t even know if HBCU’s are necessary anymore. I totally understand their necessity in the days of Jim Crow and segregation because black students were simply not allowed to attend other schools. But in 2009, with a black man in the White House, do HBCU’s still serve a purpose?
drenk 10/16/09, 09:19:AM

also the one in pink is the best looking one there, howd she get passed up
AreYouSerious? 10/16/09, 09:21:AM

WHO CARES? CAN A BLACK WOMAN BE MISS AMERICA? IT’S A PRE-DOMINANTLY WHITE NATION.
____________________________

HELL NAW!!! THAT IS WHY THE BLACK SISTER SHOULD HAVE WON THAT AUTOMATICALLY…BECAUSE THE PRETTIEST SISTER CAN ENTER THE MISS AMERICA PAGEANT AND STILL LOSE FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT SHE AINT WHITE.
Lady D 10/16/09, 09:22:AM

Our people can sometimes be so damn petty… We can have a first black president, a first black anything, but not a first white winner of anything?? Grow up. I say if she deserved it, leave her alone. Quit being so petty. This reminds me of when black folk got in an uproar about hurricanes not having ethnic enough names. Then came Katrina… Chill out.
TM30 10/16/09, 09:23:AM

Imo, it’s a bit hypocritical, if you are hung up on race. Either you want it all the way around or you don’t want it at all. There can’t be double standards. Now with that said, I think most people are upset because she doesn’t embody the culture of the “main” campus. And for her to be white just took it to another extreme. If she had been active and popular on the campus, this may not have been as big of an issue…at least I hope it wouldn’t have. Then again if she had the same qualification and been black would there have been such outrage? There have been a few white student who have achieve great feats at HBCUs with hardly any outrage because they immersed themselves in the campus atmosphere and from what I’m reading this may not have been the case.
Excuse Me 10/16/09, 09:27:AM

No, it is not wrong that she won the honor. What is wrong is that people admiring the victory of the first African American president in the U.S. are too simplistic & short-sighted to apply to same attitude to a SIMILAR case of odds in a diff. context. It’s a beautiful thing when diversity stands out.

Who cares what happened at UNC, is that NOT the perfect reason to spew love & support? I believe we’re missing the crucial lesson of diverting hate to love. Instead, we choose to do unto others what has been done to us. < That's not living, or allowing others to live.
kasha 10/16/09, 09:29:AM

Yes…It is wrong as hell…bitch ain’t black, she does not even attend the main campus..Plus all the becky’s have all the other stuff..why we gotta put them white ho’s in all our shit…
Monica 10/16/09, 09:35:AM

Why r ppl still talking abt this?!? The students are not mad bc she’s not black, they feel tht she’s gonna have a hard time bc nobody knows her. She’s a transfer who goes 2 the satellite campus. She’ll never get a chance to interact w/them. And I think they were mad at the fact tht she wrote a letter to the President about the situation bc it brought bad publicity to the school. But personally I dnt see anything wrong with her being Miss Hampton just because she is not white. Race should not matter. if she’s good enough to be a student thn why is she not good enough to be Miss Hampton. I am so sick of ppl making everything about race!
Excuse Me 10/16/09, 09:37:AM

“all the becky’s have all the other stuff” – @ kasha

Is that really how you feel? Do you really feel as though, like two little girls, the ‘white girl’ came and took all your ‘stuff’?

You obviously haven’t overcome the detrimental effects of racism on the mind. Just like every student at the school deserves a fair chance, every individual no matter what race they represent deserves a fair chance. If you don’t understand that, you’re a simple ass bitch & you’ll see this CONTINUE to happen so long as you pull the race card on it.

& if something as basic as homecoming queen makes you feel as though you LOST then grow the fuck up. She didn’t take you financial aid, or even your right to attend the school.

okay, i’m done.
Man, I just don't care™ 10/16/09, 09:38:AM

this shit is an insult to the intelligence of people everywhere.

Stevie Wonder can see that this shit reeks of a “publicity stunt” for the school that backfired.

By this girls’ own admission she wasn’t as qualified as the other students. AND she admitted that the letter she wrote to the P.O.T.U.S. wasn’t warranted because overall she was treated fairly.

**sigh**

White people…
Big titi white girl 10/16/09, 09:38:AM

Shut up! Bitch I will scrap wit a hoe anytime. I smoke newports and feel comfortable at the barbecue. Im that new bitch. Ask Amber Rose. When the police come, he tasing me too if he touch Tyrone!!
Red 10/16/09, 09:39:AM

@ excuse me
Exactly!!!
It’s about time we show folks we are not like them. Because they hated, we don’t have to perpetuate the hate.
As for Beauty pageants, haven’t there been a number of Black Ms Americas, going as far back as Vanessa Williams? The first Black Ms Universe was over 30 years ago.
Wake up folk, that young lady is getting an education at a legitimate University. Hopefully, the next person that interviews with a Fortune 500 company from Hampton won’t feel the wrath of this blatant “reverse racism”.
Cynthia 10/16/09, 09:39:AM

Yes it is not Right in my opinion..as a girl who was born in Hampton Va..this upsets me.
Khristal 10/16/09, 09:39:AM

WTF?
drenk 10/16/09, 09:41:AM

@ Big titi white girl

hey hannibal whats up
Man, I just don't care™ 10/16/09, 09:42:AM

fuck you Nikkkole.
Excuse Me 10/16/09, 09:42:AM

Cynthia, if you don’t mind could you explain why it upsets you? I just want to understand…
rhibrwn 10/16/09, 09:43:AM

It has nothing to do with her race. This chick doesnt even attend the main campus, the student didn’t vote for her. Such a shame
Lady D 10/16/09, 09:44:AM

Seriously, the race thing is getting played the hell out! It’s getting kind of excessive and sickening. We need to grow the fuck up as a race. We keep pulling the race card to protect a race of people that has dudes like Lil Boosie on the loose. (In my Whitney Houston voice) “Hell to the naw!”
geefunk227 10/16/09, 09:45:AM

Is this Ms.hampton or Ms. African America?The girl loves black people.She loves the culture and people and you hate her for that.Black people take being black lightly.Here is a girl who probably dreamed of being black worked on it and her dream was realized for a day.Imagine what white people or her family said once she said what College she wanted to go to.You have Sistas cutting off their breasts;perming their hair;bleaching their skin and your mad that a white women celebrates what you are ashamed of.Grow up cry babies.People act like they don’t want to be black but their are alot of braids,rappers,corporations catering to the culture.Spanish speaking people don’t want to be called black.Look at their so called culture and what they celebrate.Salsa is jazz with Adobo in it.Reggaetone is a Reggae beat with a terrible rapper.The male words all end in the “o” sound and the females sounds end in “a”.How hard would it be to make a song like that?Things like being called African American are a joke.Was your Mothers legs spread between Miami and the Algeria.Its impossible to be from to continents.You want to know about Africa you study the past ,present,politics,history,culture etc.. Don’t label yourself to make it seem like you are proud or you have African knowledge.Most Black people are their own problem.We don’t love ourselves as much as other people who celebrate our culture talents and struggle.We think geography makes us so different.Divide and conquer is the game and we continue to get played.
Royal Chocolate 10/16/09, 09:47:AM

No, it’s all about “school spirit”!