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Feb 28, 2017

Dear Mr. President,
I saw some pictures from your meeting with the leaders of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. It is so wonderful that you met with them. It is important that all minority voices be heard. The thing is that that situation seemed like it merited the utmost respect, but all the pictures have Ms. Conway sitting on the Oval Office couch on her feet! Mr. President, I don't mean to pick, but my mama would never allow me to sit on her sofa like that and that's just in our living room, not even close to as auspicious as the White House during an important meeting. I think, Mr. President, that it might be a good idea to enforce proper furniture etiquette. I just don't want people thinking anyone in your White House is not taking meetings seriously.

Mr. President, I'm almost done, I promise. There was just one other thing. I heard Ms. DeVos talk about HBCUs and say they were an example of school choice. I bet that to her, those schools would be an excellent choice because she is white and has always had the freedom to choose her school. However, just as once women were not allowed to be educated, neither were blacks. That is why the HBCUs were founded, to educate the blacks that were not allowed to go to the segregated schools. Things have certainly changed since then. I mean, you replaced a black president, and who knows, maybe one will replace you. I'm sure Ms. DeVos was just celebrating the great strides our country has made in that respect, but I worry that some people won't recognize that. The African-American Community has a rich and proud cultural heritage that they celebrate, and I hope that Ms. DeVos will celebrate with them next time.

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