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“So you used your HBCU to get on cause you ain’t have the grades,” wrote Stahsay Gordone. “Shannon I just expected more from you.”

Many Black folks on twitter took the tweet as an attempt to downgrade HBCUs and diminish their achievements.

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“That’s your testimony,” tweeted Brian K. Harris. “Some of us went to HBCUs despite the fact that we could have gone to a PWI. Our schools are about far more than sports and shouldn’t be diminished or downgraded because of it.”

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Sharpe had his share of defenders, who argued that attacks on the former NFL hall of fame player lacked “perspective.”

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At the end the day, the discourse around historically Black colleges and what level of respect the Black community does or doesn’t owe them will likely be around forever. And folks like Sharpe are going to wading into these fights as long as they have a platform.

But what do you think? Did Sharpe disrespect the place that made him what he is, or was he just pointing out a personal truth?