Similar story.....
Elementary, Middle and High Schools- all black in DC
College- PWI in Baltimore
My thought process was the world isn't all black so I will attend a school that will serve as a pre-requisite for my future life experiences.
And, boy, those cacs didn't disappoint. Learned their idiosyncrasies, their entitlement/ privilege (both overt and subliminal), their lack of culture but thievery of others, and their fundamental ignorance and how some (not all) revel in it.
Most importantly, learned more about my resilience/ drive, being proud of my culture, how perception can truly derail a breh and how to combat it, how material things are not that important, forcing whites to look at their own false prejudices of other cultures, and how familial wealth can help generations to come.
Though a tough lesson, I'm glad I learned it.