New commentary thread . Vice series Minority Reports. In this episode, we follow a white freshman at Morehouse College, a historically black college in Atlanta. Famous alumni include Martin Luther King Jr. and Spike Lee. Why did he enroll here? What do black students think?

Introductory scenes from a dormitory.

Tiago, the white student, thinks you can acquire some book smart as well as street smart here. He finds a brotherhood component here that's rare, not one of those nominal fraternities. This was the only college he applied to. We are greeted by some brothas and the entrance sign.

Campus scenes. Looks charming.

Some shots of Atlanta.

The people here are very friendly. This was a culture shock to him. Southern hospitality is real and beautiful he finds.

He finds the students here very hardworking and creative. We see some paintings decorating the halls.

The guy in the background with the white shirt boasts how this college produces the most black attorneys and black doctors. The gal with the Afro style hair points out that everyone around you is black. The black guy with glasses calls the place sacred.

Tiago views this place as a safe space for black students and thinks this school will challenge him in a way that other institutions wouldn't have challenged him.

The bespectacled black says he'd feel disrespected if white people came to the college. Well, you're getting one buster!

Some shots of an auditorium and the first glimpse of our mystery white student.

The black guy in the blue shirt asks him if he feels like he really belongs here.

And here he is. Tiago feels like he belongs here if he's putting in the work. He says it's that simple.

A nice shot of the campus.

Blue shirt guy name reveal. Lee isn't a student. He's a journalist for Vice. He reveals the history of the college. It was once college for black men because they were excluded from white-dominated institutions.

Lmao, this is literally the next scene. What a mood whiplash.

Lee thinks that in 2018 their existence feels necessary once more for a lot of the same reasons. Is time a flat circle? We get a shot of these scenes from 2017 that feel like a blast from the past for multiple reasons.

We're still on this detour. Feels like a Where's Waldo? game as a struggle ensues in this scene.

Headlines from 2017 with various degrees of seriousness of the topic.

Morehouse and many other HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities) have faced a dire financial climate in recent years and have turned to recruiting non-black students in an effort to ameliorate their financial situation.

''Don't we want to come together?'' we are asked. This isn't a formal advertisement. It's from the Netflix show ''Dear White People''.

The black character from the show tells some white characters they're ignoring black experiences. The title delivers.

What an interesting visual character contrast in clothes, posture, and lighting. The show has tensions between black and white students as a theme but let's get back to the real college.

A handsome shot of Tiago.

Let's see how he's adjusting to the new environment. His roommate's name is Christopher. Anyway, the new city and college were a bit of a culture shock and he was told people would be inquisitive. I spy a Malcolm X book in his room .

He's wearing some college outfit or something in this shot.

Tiago's middle name is Jimi because he shares his birthday with Jimi Hendrix.

This Martin Luther King Jr. quote poster was gift from his dentist. It's quite an old poster apparently.

Tiago grew up in a predominantly black kindergarten and elementary school but his family later moved into a more white and affluent community before he started high school.

Another Where's Waldo? game. He thinks his experience in education has put him into a position where he gravitates more towards the black community than the white community. I'm surprised he's even used the term white community.

His family was cool with his decision but apparently didn't think he'd go through with it. His peers ridiculed him for it.

He didn't take the reaction from peers well. This was his dream and people were trashing it. He had a lot of self-doubt as a result of people's reactions, like an identity crisis.

He took a few trips to the college and was told people would love him there. He found the treatment by strangers better than the reactions he experienced back home.

Like most of the still operating HBCUs, Morehouse College was founded in the second half of the 19th century to educate emancipated slaves.

This image has nothing to do with the 19th century or slavery but they included it anyway. It's mentioned in the context of segregation in education but doesn't follow what he's talking about.

Lee tells us these places evolved into safe spaces for black freethought and a sanctuary from the oppressive world beyond campus gates. Samuel Jackson is another famous alumnus btw. The recent recruitment of non-blacks puts the college at odds with its legacy.

West Virginia State University and Bluefield State College are two HBCUs where blacks are less than 10% of the student population. Damon Phillips here is from Morehouse College's communications office. He tells us bluntly that it's ultimately about finances. They need cash.

As a result of financial woes, a lot of HBCUs are recruiting demographics that traditionally did not attend such educational establishments: White, Asians, and Hispanics. A lot of people have issues with it.

These black students are asked about their thoughts on the idea of an influx of white students. The guy in the centre of this image is on the fence about it. He believes he should accept people for who they are but this is a college that's known for educating black men.

This guy says that a part of education here is about learning how to fight for yourself outside school gates, in the sense of ethnic activism mind you.

The woman in the blue dress says that if you grew up in an environment where you've been mistreated, abused and belittled by white people, you really don't want to see them when you come to a black space.

This guy is bothered by it because ''we have to provide a safe haven for our children'' .

Damon says there's a fear that if you let one person in, everyone will want to come in. He mentions the experiences of Kentucky State University, Tennessee State University, and West Virginia State University, all HBCUs but the last one has a white student supermajority now.

This guy talks of a tipping point. It could affect the culture of the college with sufficiently altered demographics.

The gal with the lightest skin tone says you have to assume someone's on a base level if they decide to attend an HBCU.

Back to this guy. He says that these hypothetical white students wouldn't have the same commitment as black students because they don't understand ''the struggle''.

The gal with the tattered jeans asks the light complected gal if she's ever read a ''How to navigate White America'' handbook. She missed her copy.

Once more with this guy. He's comfortable with ''things not necessarily being integrated''.

We're not leaving yet!

Spare me the self-flagellating Tiago. The standard progspeak about privilege and his demographic group.

We witness some artistic performance as Tiago talks about the experience of it all turning him away from a self-absorbed experience.

''Decentralizing the attitude of whiteness, that he's smarter and more deserving of an opportunity''.

Jfc, where did he pick up that lingo?

He also says he would have missed out on ''learning about the true history of the country'' had he not picked Morehouse.

He thinks he would have missed out on learning about the terrible things the U.S. government has done to keep people down. Imagine going through modern American primary and secondary education as it is and saying ''Yes, more of this please and a snuff movie too!''.

Some people accuse him of wanting a black experience or to be black. He doesn't want to change his skin colour or act stereotypically like a black person. He starts talking of black hospitality and a smartphone replies that it couldn't find a stereotype about black hospitality.

They joke about feds listening to them. You can't make this shit up.

A shot of Atlanta.

Time for some grub. He orders grilled chicken and yellow rice.

None of the black students here thought they'd have a white friend at this college.

This guy is from a neighboring dorm and was boggled when he saw Tiago move in.

This guy didn't expect to meet him or even to talk to him after their first meeting.

He was skeptical of him at first as he didn't know his intentions.

He wasn't the only one.

They like him. The group looks like Bohemians discussing poetry. The guy with the cap looks stylish to me.

As I was saying.

A modern Romulus.

Stylish guy (it's the cap!) describes the first reactions in his mind after their first meeting.

O Reverend! My Reverend! Tiago's favourite thing at Morehouse is the mission to make leaders out of men. They made him president of the dorm (Graves Hall) btw. However, it rubs some people the wrong way.

From the election campaign. He wanted to run for vice president or treasurer initially but people from the dorm encouraged him to shoot for the stars. ''It's always about the message man!'' they told him.

He's had an encounter with a person who asked him ''What are you doing here?'' in a condescending way. It made him a bit anxious about being accepted. He says the history of the country made the people feel that way.

By his estimate, 99% of his experience at the college has been amazing (what a highball!) and he doesn't take the remaining 1% personally.

Some motivation for y'all.

We hear professor Robin Marcus of George Washington University give her take on HBCUs. These places have a palpable legacy as you explore them. Apparently, you don't have to think of racism for four years during your studies. X

She finds it nice that white students would want to enroll at an HBCU but ''you can't'' in her view because of ''shared body, full weight of history for black people'' reasons.

When asked if it's reverse racism wanting schools for only black students, she says she has no idea what that term means. She gets the argument but finds it specious and dumb. Gal drops the structural and systemic definition of racism.

Lee asks this group of black students if it's problematic that they wanted to explore the experience of a white student at an all-black school. They chuckle and the gal in the right corner says no but believes it is a controversial decision.

She elaborates on it in the sense ''How can they get into where we are but we can't get into where they are''. Another X.

This guy's view is that the only relevant perspective is of the guy who doesn't look like them. Diversity is not Morehouse's strength, he says that there's nothing a non-traditional student (non-black) can bring to this college. Think of the food! He thinks they're culturing him.

Woah, they're slightly nervous about more white students coming in. They didn't even know there are cash handouts to attract non-black students. Pandemonium breaks out once that is mentioned. Ok, not really but they're upset and start chatting loudly over one another.

This guy is a future Marcus Garvey. He'd feel disrespected in case of a white takeover of a sacred black place. He even drops some statistic of 40%, meaning a hypothetical share of white students at the college.

This fair-skinned dame would love it if a white person came to the college with the right intentions to learn about black people.

''Hell no!'', says this gal. You can take an African diaspora class in history if you're interested in that. She didn't come here to do a cultural exchange.

Damon is disappointed in the students because they don't see the bigger picture, the bigger picture being the recruitment of top talent. He also mentions how Morehouse college has always had white students. He remembers one classmate they nicknamed White Mike.

He points out that any white student will inevitably be influenced by the stance of black students and the reason why they don't have some things at the college is money and it will always be money but they should appreciate the things they have at the college.

Damon back in a more spiffy suit. He thinks the students have a right to be concerned given their roots, many of them having a black instructor here for the first time ever and fearing they'll lose that. However, he wants them to understand that the school needs money.

Lee mentions a fear of HBCU's being gentrified to which Damon replies that they have to adapt to what's coming or they'll struggle and some schools are going to close because they didn't want to adapt.

Lmao, when asked about what to say if someone calls him an affirmative action student, Tiago's response is that this isn't true and he cares about the school and its mission.

He's a student ambassador. I guess this is a leadership position in a way. He jokes with some potential students as they likely didn't expect a white guy to give them a tour of the college.

The bespectacled black woman is from Indiana. The black man with a Barcelona F.C. shirt and the woman to his left are from Philadelphia. They talk a bit about sports because Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl in 2018.

Showing them around. He'd like to help improve the campus and Lee asks him about how he feels as a gentrifier.

Tiago thinks of this college as a safe space for black students and wouldn't like to spark a change in it, in the sense of a lot of white students coming there.

This black woman asks him if he knows what percentage of the college is non-black. He doesn't know the exact number but only knows of 3 non-black students: himself, someone in the ROTC program, and a Japanese exchange student.

Lee says this has been his first time seeing a white man as a minority but finds Tiago aight.

Tiago resumes his tour. He's very creative. He shows them the hall where graduations take place and points out this place would have been the sight of fighting during the U.S. Civil War so if you graduate here as a black person, it's like standing high on Confederate remains.

Chilling with a homie.

Lee thinks Tiago is a good addition here but drops some slippery slope talk of ''you let one in today...'' so he asks the guy if he feels like he's taken the college spot from a black man in need. Tiago's answer is that he'd feel that way if he felt his spot here was unearned.

The filming ends and they play vidya games. Hope you've enjoyed the thread.

Damon was my personal favorite. A very honest man.