A debate brews among Black Ivy League students over representation on campus – NBC News

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A representation of a graduate in front of a crowd of people, showcasing the diversity and achievements of Black Ivy League students.

Michaela Glavin did not feel a sense of belonging in the Black community when she arrived as a freshman at Harvard.

The Black student body was warm and welcoming, but as a multigenerational African American — a descendant of enslaved Africans brought to the U.S. — she said she felt like “a minority within a minority.” 

“The descendants of slavery on campus are woefully underrepresented,” said Glavin, now a junior. 

Black and Latino students have long been underrepresented on Ivy League campuses as a whole, even when these…