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Jasmine Crockett: “When I went to RHODES, There were 18 black students in my…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Published | Video Starts at 12:20

And, you know, going to the private schools, it was nothing for me to be potentially the only black person in my class. Right. Like in a specific class. So definitely was not necessarily in a super black environment. When I went to RHODES, There were 18 black students in my freshman class at a time. That's it. And by the time I graduated, we were down to 10. so. And we were actually one of the larger classes. The senior class at that time had three or four African Americans. (12:20–12:30)

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Asserts that the number of black students in her freshman class at Rhodes College decreased from 18 to 10 by graduation.

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