I'm a third generation college graduate, but my parents and grandparents' experiences were at HBCUs in the pre-Civil Rights era and the the period on the immediate heels of the peak of the Civil Rights movement. They didn't really understand what my college experience at a small PWI in the 90's and early 2000's was like.

Also, I've never had a mentor. I spent my whole career just trying to figure out my next move on my own and there have been some frustrating times.