Why Taraji P. Henson is sending her son to Howard University instead of USC (updated)

(Updated below with a statement from USC)Washington native Taraji P. Henson is making headlines on Monday. The "Empire" star told Uptown Magazine that she's planning to send her 20-year-old son, Marcel, to Howard University, a historically black school in the District -- because she says he was racially profiled when he visited University of Southern California.