Ugh, hello, but the numbers don't match. That would mean that six out of every one hundred black residents in the state would be attending UNH, whereas less than one out of every hundred white residents would attend. If it worked out that way, fine, but rigging the student body population to have 500 black students attend would require extensive, unrealistic recruitment methods to attain such a disproportionate number, not to mention it would be unfair. The BSU argues that the demographics of New Hampshire is not an excuse for the low number of blacks at UNH but that is like arguing that the sky is not blue. If the BSU wants its argument to stand, then they must argue that the state of New Hampshire needs to entice more minorities to move into the state.
People are free to live and go to school where they choose.
Going out of state to recruit black students does not benefit our state and is not going to help make this a more diverse University. A minority student, not from New Hampshire, is deciding on which college to attend. Given the non-resident tuition to attend UNH, the minority student must pass up a chance to attend more prestigious schools such as MIT, Boston College, Umass, BU, Harvard, Northeastern, and many more. Given such choices, UNH is not a viable offer for that student. It is reverse discrimination at its best, and it will not diversify the University but will polarize it.