accord journal black high education year mark harvard high percentage accept black students date almost 12 percent total applicants offer admission next fall black base harvard average student yield 70 percent journal predict approximately 170 black students join class 2018. go stress fact american colleges know selectiveness tend average 10 percent black students -hpblack students harvard university host separate black-only graduation ceremony.the root report 125 harvard graduate students register participate separate black graduation ceremony schedule may 23.according root point event acknowledge struggle resilience black students possess order thrive high education environment minorities typically underrepresented courtney woods graduate master degree education policy management claim event way reclaim harvard allege history slavery epistemic racism colonization woods tell root harvard institutional foundation direct conflict need black students legacy slavery epistemic racism colonization harvard institution found train rise imperialist leaders say history reclaim woods add speak volumes never black graduation ceremony entire story mrctvhere another example self-imposed black segregation harvard university alienate white students suggest kill never chance black white students overcome racism harvard case miss march 2015 publish story students harvard university hold debate black harvard students argue white people kill white privilege black harvard students host separate segregate graduation ceremony